Our first day at the school was a memorable one. We had a late breakfast that morning. Seafood noodles and rice. We left for the school in hired vans that took use everywhere while we were there. All I can say is...WORST DRIVERS EVER.
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| Resident monk |
The school we were working at was a rural neighborhood school called WatBangSiad. Wat means temple and the focus of this area was a beautiful Buddhist temple with huge pillars of gold and orange and red. There was a massive golden Buddha, large ornate murals on all the walls, dorms for the monks and a graveyard for important people in the community. When we arrived at the school the kids immediately grabbed our hands and led us inside the temple. They were so excited to show us everything. We played hand games on the floor of the temple in front of the huge golden Buddha. Next to the grandeur of the temple the school looks a little shabby to say the least. The Phang Nga Rotary Club and the students put on an opening ceremony for us with music and dancing. An amazingly delicious lunch followed that included fruit I had never tried before (Mangosteen and Ramubtons) and we were able to hang out and get to know the people we would be working with for the next 2 weeks or so.
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| Old temple and graveyard |
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| Elementary building |
That night we had a dinner with the Rotary Club and the Governor of Phang Nag. The president of Rotary talked to us all for a little bit. He told us to open our hearts and minds to the experience because what we were there to do was important. That really stuck with me and I made up my mind to really live in the moment and not take one minute of this experience for granted.
The school we were working at was a rural neighborhood school called WatBangSiad. Wat means temple and the focus of this area was a beautiful Buddhist temple with huge pillars of gold and orange and red. There was a massive golden Buddha, large ornate murals on all the walls, dorms for the monks and a graveyard for important people in the community. When we arrived at the school the kids immediately grabbed our hands and led us inside the temple. They were so excited to show us everything. We played hand games on the floor of the temple in front of the huge golden Buddha. Next to the grandeur of the temple the school looks a little shabby to say the least. The Phang Nga Rotary Club and the students put on an opening ceremony for us with music and dancing. An amazingly delicious lunch followed that included fruit I had never tried before (Mangosteen and Ramubtons) and we were able to hang out and get to know the people we would be working with for the next 2 weeks or so. 
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