Yesterday, two Israeli school administrators came to visit and observe PCC. In addition, two administrators from Mahidol School near Bangkok came to PCC. Today, P’Wan (one of the directors at my school), P’Al (a teacher in the English Dept), the three Americans (Kirsten, Alicia, and myself), and the four guests traveled to Doitung. We visited the temple, the flower gardens, and the palace. Some years ago, the King’s mother started the Doitung project. In the mountains near Chiang Rai, opium was being produced, exported, and consumed. The King’s mother created an amazing place where hill tribe people now maintain gardens, produce viable crops, make clothing, and produce other handicrafts. The palace at Doitung is the most exquisite log cabin, of Thai-Swiss influence, imaginable. Absolutely stunning –a cabin in the mountains so beautiful it would have brought my father to tears.
[photo (form left): me, Kirsten, Alicia, P'Wan]
[photo: my roommates and I at Doitung gardens]
[photo: clanking the bells again]
[photo: stray dog enjoying the sunlight]
[photo: outside of the King's mother's cabin at Doitung]
[photo: view from the balcony (off the living room) in the palace]
[photo: my roommates and I at Doitung gardens]
[photo: clanking the bells again]
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