in the plane from left: me, abby, peiling
in the plane
reached bangkok international airport from left: nat, abby, peiling, me, zach
the plane that was going to take us from bangkok to chiangmai
uncle victor trying to spot for the C.H.O.L van
here it comes :)
at chiangmai night market, the one that only opens on sunday, nat writing stuff on the clothes of a busker
outside some buffet place beside central park hotel where we were staying for the first night
lunch at the buffet place
the home, just after we arrived on monday night 24/11/08
where abby, peiling and me were staying :)
annie looking out of the truck's window
streets of fang, chiangmai
zach and nat getting on the truck
peiling and zach on the truck
evangel, 8
jacob who is 14, one of the kids at the home
jacob, abby, samuel and me
samuel's 13
phoebe, in the background
jacob and evangel
phoebe
evangel and phoebe, who is 7
joyce, one of the new kids at the home, she's 3 i think
jacob and zac in a game of checkers
the goats at the home
and the sheep
brownie with zach's cap haha
kids from around the neighbourhood
zach, on the way to the rice fields on the truck
nat with the goat
the billy goat jumps off the truck
and the sheep follows too
how to carry hay
adam carrying a huge bundle of hay
zach
peiling carrying hay
adam with nat and zach on the motorbike
abby on the truckload of hay we gathered
peiling too
abby poses happily for another picture haha
outside the lychee farm
nat, resting on the hay
the road that leads to the home, from the lychee farm
zach on the hay
nat explaining something which i cannot remember, a farm cow just beside him
joyce climbing the tree at the home looking for a starfruit
uncle victor holding the basket of starfruits
which we ate after dinner a few days later
uncle victor and "one! two! three! four!"
peiling with her yogurt
abby with a contented look
rice fields
adam and zach on the motorbike
adam at the fields, where we were going to transport the hay back to the truck then to the farm
john, adam's younger brother
the main road outside the farm
zach and john helping to load hay
adam and the billy goat
zach with brownie and suedy
evangeline, 7 with phoebe on the hamock
the lone sheep
abby harvesting the rice with the sickle
zach as well
us playing with the goat
zach and a very happy looking goat
way back to the home
me playing connect four against john
peiling concentrating hard
the rice fields just outside the home
zach and the goat
the mama goat and the young goat
nat carrying the sheep
suedy
evangel and the dogs
us harvesting
the field from the barn which is a few storeys high, nat took this
uncle victor's house in white on the left, the pilgrim's house on the right
a misty morning
adam and the young goat
abby
amos lying contentedly in a pile of hay
some of the kids who came to help out with the farming
zach took this i think. from left: peiling, abby, adam, me, nat, zhiwen
this is jacob
unloading the hay at the farm
resting after that
john and peiling
annie and sarah on the hammock. sarah is jacob's sister
lunch! nat's hand in motion to drive away the flies
solomon on the truck with abby and nat
samuel
jacob
just outside the rice field, taken by zhiwen. from left: peiling, abby, zach, nat, me, adam
zhiwen at the back of the truck
nat and the goat
peiling
sunset
mark, one of the new kids at the home. he's 4 and really adorable :)
the kids playing baseball at the field in the evening
samuel and joyce (in the background)
enoch pitching the ball
zhiwen preparing to hit the ball
rachael telling annie where to aim the ball
a happy evangeline as her team scores a homerun
nat taking a swing at the ball
uncle robert
adam
evangel
sunrise on sunday morning at the home
sunday school
and evangel peeks out from behind a sheet of paper
joyce
evangeline
solomon
sarah
during games time, where we played hands and feet with them. evangel and jeremy (behind) on zhiwen
zach and nat haha
jacob carrying mark
peiling and phoebe
sunday service
enoch helping to cut samuel's hair
another misty morning
uncle victor buying bread
powerlines everywhere
at a beef noodle stall, a failed attempt to capture the mist coming out of nat's mouth
peiling and a warm cup of tea
the cook of the beef noodle stall
peiling and nat
zhiwen as he left for chiangmai
nat with peiling's pink starry socks
and my green socks too
on the motorbike, as adam fetches us to the farm
zach riding pillion on the motorbike
zach thrashing the rice while abby removes the dirt and other stuff from the rice
nat thrashing the rice
adam blowing the dirt away from the rice grains
sunset from the rice fields
the night the moon and stars decided to smile at us
joyce holding a heart which she cut out from gold metallic foil
dorca
streets of fang, which we explored briefly while walking to tesco
zach and nat
old school phonebooth
abby holding our "nutrients" haha. the lays chips there are really good
fetching the kids from school
nat holding solomon, to the right is amos
abby, nat and solomon
puppies on sale at the fang night market, cuddling near each other and the lamp for warmth
strawberry ice cream the ice cream man delivered to the fields for us by aunty dara
sheep
abby and the goat
abby on the swing
me on the swing
evangel on the swing
evangeline on the swing
zach and john
grace
the kids at the cold springs
rebecca
evangel and jeremy
uncle robert playing the guitar while the rest listen
sarah and evangeline
sarah, abby, evangeline
rachael haha
rebecca, after getting out of the river
auntie dara playing the guitar
sarah and zach
uncle victor making popiah skin
evangel and a pig's head
the goat on hindlegs
looking for nice leaves to eat
on the way to mae sai, near the Burmese border
how strong the wind was, nat's hair being blown back
villages in the valleys
villages we past by on the way to mae sai
reached chiang rai
streets of chiang rai
nat with a wig, at a market in mae sai
the border. past that building is Myanmar
nat and evangel
abby and her hat haha
streets of mae sai in the evening
nat playing the guitar at the home
evangel and his new sunglasses
evangel on the tree
joyce, me and phoebe
the home
evangel and zach
clockwise from top: jeremy, evangel, mark and me
jeremy, zach and evangeline
jeremy
last look at the fields, on 08/12/08 as we leave the home for chiangmai
speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil
chiang mai night market
