Outings

 

We are now halfway through our month in Bangkok.  Teaching is one part of the “job” our Northwestern students have.   Friendship building is the other big part of the “job” here, and that is going well.  With over 200 Thai people enrolled in November’s English courses at Santisuk English School (a record for the month of November), there are many new friends being made.  On weekends, when classes are finished for the week, outings to various parts of the area have been organized  by groups of Thai and their “foreigner” friends.  Last night a large group went out to experience the annual Lantern Festival, where  flame-fueled  paper lanterns were released (like small hot air balloons) into the air, creating a sky filled with beautiful orange floating “stars” rising high into the night sky.  Other people released small floating floral “boats” lit with candles on to lakes and canals.  Many never to be forgotten experiences like these are filling our days. These picture capture some recent day-time outings: