Photo update: Doi Chang and Fang

These are from my trip to the mountains during our week off. Sophie had to study for mid-terms so couldn't come. 

Prepping veggies for dinner: mom and daughter

Me helping with the veggies

The men cleaning and preparing the pig they just killed

Me with Wa in Doi Chang village

The view outside the bedroom window of Wa's aunt

Gan, Wa, P'Beauw and I hanging on for dear life in the bed of a pickup truck going up a hill with a 60 degree incline

P'Beauw on top of the mountain that is her family's land

Picking beans

Hiking up the side of a mountain

P'Beauw's sister ready to pick veggies

Traditional Akha jacket. Handmade including the loom woven fabric. Made by P'Beauw's mom over 50 years ago.

Wa's family and I at the top of Doi Chang

Doi Chang village

Cousins and grandma preparing dinner

Three generations: P'Beauw's mom, P'Beauw, Wa and Pat

ECHO: my friend Ruth's organization that she helped create infrastructure for. I finally got to see it a week after she moved back to Canada. :(

Neuy and I on our way back from ECHO. Had to take a pic cause the clouds were so amazing.

At the Royal Botanic Gardens in Mae Fah Luang

Lady's slipper orchid. They have hundreds of different colors. These are named after the Queen Mother.

Fountain!

Queen's Gardens

Rock Garden

Orchids

The temple in Neuy's neighborhood in Fang