I am currently living in a small rural rice farming town of no more than 10k people. the town itself is no more than 2 miles long by 1 mile wide and once you get to the city limits , there is nothing but rice fields are far as you can see. There aren't any major tourist attractions or much of really anything to do and so I rarely see any other foreigners. The pace of life around here is slow and revolves around food and family. Thailand is known as the "Land of Smiles" and rightfully so. I'm just lucky enough to live in one of the friendliest parts of the "Land of Smiles." Do you know where that is?
"I'll tell you where. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where the beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I;m talking about a little place called Renu Nakhon."
Harry: Oh, don't know Lloyd. The French are assholes."
So I have tried to take a few photos from around town to give you an idea of what's it's like here, but as always pictures never does it justice. I guess you'll just have to come visit to find out what is really like!
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| this is my room and yes i made the picture small because its not as clean as i usually keep it, and yes i actually do keep it clean compared to my room back in VA. I am a bit spoiled in this room b/c i have cable tv, hot water, AC and everything is new and clean |
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| my front porch, always gotta have a hammock. in fact Thai's probably invented the hammock b/c they love them too. i can count at least 5 hammocks that are around just our house alone. just my type of people right |
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| this is the guest house that i live in in |
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| the view from the street of my host families "compound" (contains 2 houses, the downstairs of one has been converted into a private tutoring school, my guest house, and a garden) |
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| the street i live on |
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| my little neighbor, Fighter |
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| Pim and Pad, always greet with an excited and friendly "hello" as i come home from school. |
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| "downtown" |
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| one of many buildings at my school. over 2000 students |
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| "main street" |
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| it's almost got a Fan like feel but a little more tropical |
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| a traditional wooden thai house |
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| the daily night market. just a block long but its one of my favorite parts of the town. it feels like a the fair every night |
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| Fighter (16 months) wai'ing (pronounced like "why"ing = when you put your hhands together like your praying, its how they say hello) |
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| lighting a fire lantern. works like a hot air balloon, you let them float away for good luck |
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| a small rural primary school where i volunteer on some weekends |
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| my neighbor is the kingpin of the local cockfighting scene |
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| fishing in a rice field water levy. not even exaggerating we caught two 20-30 lb fish and they were delicious but of coarse i dont have any photos |
So that's a bit of Renu. what'd you think?
