Week 25: The Last Hurrah
15/02/2020 – 22/02/2020
Very senic Thai tea in Pai 
Driving down the road a Pai, and we passed some elephants- crazy! 
Tha Pai hot spring 
Pai Canyon 
Me and Pai Canyon 
Me and Pai Canyon 
Emily and I, Pai Canyon 
Sun set at Pai Canyon 
Pai Canyon 
Pai Canyon 
Fire show but Medicine circus 
Fire show! 
On Short hike to Pam Bok Waterfall 
Pam Bok Waterfall 
Pam Bok Waterfall 
Swimming in the waterfall 
Emily and I in Pam Bok 
Pai Land Split 
Pai Land Split – the history of this place is really cool. Until 2008, this was farm land. After an earthquake in 2008, the owner turned it into a tourist attraction 
Mor Paeng Waterfall 
Black swan at Pang Ung 
Black swan at Pang Ung – had never seen anything like it before! 
Sun set at Pang Ung 
Sun set at Pang Ung 
Thailand has taken amazing efforts to reduce plastic waste – after 01/01/2020, they banned plastic bags, and they’ve been enforcing it really well 
Camps ground sign 
Pang Ung sun set 
Haha 
Thai food camping style 
Walking around Pang Ung 
Hike view 
On bamboo raft 
On bamboo raft 
View of campsite from bamboo raft 
Black swan right in front of us! 
Sunset through the trees 
Pha Suea Waterfall 
Pha Suea Waterfall 
Pha Suea Waterfall 
Pha Suea Waterfall 
Phu Klon mud spa! 
Face masks from the mud – we were having a good time, we just couldn’t move our faces 
Mae Hong Son hike 
Mae Hong Song hike 
View at “Before Sunset Cafe” 
Lemon tea at a cafe with an incredible view! 
Mae Hong Son 
So beautiful 
Visiting temple on hillside 
View of Mae Hong Song town from temple 
Mae Hong Son 
Temple as the sun rises 
Another pretty site- there are 1864 curves on the 6 hour drive from Chiang Mai, but views like this made it worth it 
Sun Set 
Sun Set 
Sun Set 
Goodbye, sun 
Back at 6:30 am for the sunrise 
Sun rising in front of temple 
Beautiful sunrise! 
Back in Chiang Mai – last dinner. Street food. 
Saturday night market 
Airport send off crew 
A view of Chiang Mai as we took off.
Weeks 22 to 24: Wrapping Up in Thailand
31/01/2020 – 15/02/2020
Finishing up internship 
Lit up temple in the night 
Day outing to Bhubing Palace with a few friends 
Flowers at Bhubing Palace 
Flower at Bhubing Palace 
Flowers at Bhubing Palace 
Flowers at Bhubing Palace 
At Bhubing Palace 
At Bhubing Palace 
At Bhubing Palace 
Maya mall roof 
View from Maya mall 
This tanks of fish for “feet treatment” (fish that will nibble on your feet) are all over markets here. Decided I might as well try it. 
Such funny feeling! 
Trying “roll up” ice cream 
Amazing decorations at a restaurant 
Amazing decorations at a restaurant – those are real fish! 
Seen in Old City 
At internship 
Old City moat at night 
Opening of flower festival 
Opening of flower festival 
Flower festival 
Chiang Dao! At our hostel/campsite 
Chiang Dao! At our hostel/campsite 
Temple outside of Chiang Dao Cave 
Grounds of Chiang Dao Cave 
Grounds of Chiang Dao Cave 
Grounds of Chiang Dao Cave 
Grounds of Chiang Dao Cave 
Grounds of Chiang Dao Cave 
Grounds of Chiang Dao Cave 
Inside Chiang Dao Cave 
Inside Chiang Dao Cave 
Inside Chiang Dao Cave 
Bats inside Chiang Dao Cave 
Inside Chiang Dao Cave 
Inside Chiang Dao Cave 
Inside Chiang Dao Cave 
Grounds of Chiang Dao Cave 
Chiang Dao mountain 
Chiang Dao! I loved this view so much 
Chiang Dao mountain 
Emily and I with Chiang Dao mountain 
Chiang Dao 
Chiang Dao 
Chiang Dao 
Buddhist sayings on way to Wat Tham Pha 
Approaching Wat Tham Pha 
Wat Tham Pha – 510 stairs to reach the temple! 
Inside Wat Tham Pha. Very unique and worth the climb! 
Stairs at Wat Tham Pha 
Park that has Siri Sang Waterfall 
Siri Sang Waterfall (a “sticky” waterfall) 
We could just climb right on it! 
Waterfall 
Waterfall 
Waterfall 
Climbing the waterfall – so fun! 
Waterfall 
Waterfall 
Relaxing in a bamboo hammock before heading back to Chiang Mai 
Sunday walking street market (my very last one :() 
A pin I decorated – has some of my favorite parts about Thailand and my name in Thai! 
Said goodbye to ISDSI’s remarkable campus 
On Chiang Mai University’s campus 
Bhubing Palace
Weeks 18 to 21: Internship
5/01/2020 – 30/01/2020
First day at my internship with CMRCA 
Site of one of the school programs 
Planting activity with students 
Beautiful drive to rock climbing site in Lampang 
Rock climbing site in Lampang 
Natural dye activity with students 
Fishing activity with students 
Hot springs near the campsite 
Hot springs sign 
Hot springs as the sun set 
Camping 
Trekking 
View from trek 
View from trek 
Back in Chiang Mai! Saturday night walking street market 
Did a 5k that my friend’s internship put on. Started at 6am… so early! 
Sun rising during 5k 
5k 
5k finishers (walkers:)) 
Amazing smoothie- pineapple, blueberry, mint! 
Sunday night walking street market 
Sunday night walking street market 
Fire street performatnce 
Grounds of Wat Umong 
Grounds of Wat Umong 
Grounds of Wat Umong 
Wat Umong 
Inside tunnels of Wat Umong 
Tunnels of Wat Umong 
Me + Wat Umong 
ground level at Wat Umong 
Wat Umong 
Grounds of Wat Umong 
Grounds of Wat Umong – so many pigeons! 
Grounds of Wat Umong 
Grounds of Wat Umong 
Soup! 
Walking around old city 
Bodhi tree in old city
Weeks 17 and 18: Winter Break
23/12/2019 – 4/01/2020
Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok 
Three Kings Monument 
In Old City 
My Friends and I in Chiang Mai! 
In Old City 
Approaching the elephant sanctuary 
Elephant Sanctuary welcome sign 
Feeding baby elephant 
Uyen feeding baby elephant 
Baby elephant out to play 
Talea feeding an adult elephant 
Talea and Uyen feeding elephant 
Me with elephant 
Me, Talea, and Uyen with elephant 
With some elephant friends 
Elephants playing with old log 
Elephants playing 
Me and Talea with a waterfall near the elephant place 
Waterfall 
Mom and baby elephant going for a swim 
Watching the mom and baby get a bath 
Christmas sunset from Maya mall 
Christmas tree in front of Maya mall 
My friends! 
More beautiful lights 
My friends and at at Doi Suthep 
At Doi Suthep 
At Doi Suthep 
Friends at Doi Sothep! 
Wat Doi Suthep in the shining sun 
At Wat Doi Suthep 
At Wat Doi Suthep 
At Wat Doi Suthep 
Radiant flowers at Doi Suthep 
On our way to Bangkok! 
Bangkok intersection 
Wat Pho 
Wat Pho – paying attention to the little details 
Wat Pho 
Head of Giant Reclining Buddha 
Different angle of Relining Buddha 
Reclining Buddha’s feet 
Me at Wat Pho 
Me at Wat Pho 
Wat Pho 
Crossing river in boat taxi to Wat Arun 
Wat Arun 
Wat Arun 
Wat Arun 
Me with Wat Arun 
Me with Wat Arun 
At Wat Arun 
View from Wat Arun 
Wat Arun 
Wat Arun 
Took sooooooo many photos at Wat Arun 
Wat Arun fine details 
Smaller part on grounds of Wat Arun 
River taxi to Iconsiam 
Talea, me, and Uyen at IconSiam 
At Weekend Market – coconut ice cream in a coconut 
Sharing a bingsu with friends! 
Sharing a bingsu with friends! 
Sunset at Phuket 
Beach on Phuket 
At Phuket 
Me with Phuket sunset 
Me and Kelly enjoying the sunset
Homestay in Mod Ta Noi Village
9/12/2019 – 15/12/2019
View from the shore 
View from the shore 
View from the shore 
Sunlight through the trees 
Kayaking in the Andaman Sea and a mangrove forest 
Exploring the mangrove forest 
Walking home from the beach 
My host family’s cats 
Beach during low tide 
low tide 
little crabs made beautiful designs in the sand 
sunset on the beach 
sunset on the beach 
sunset on the beach 
sunset on the beach 
Frog friend 
Watching some fisherman empty their nets 
Out on the boats 
Boating nearby the village 
More boating 
Palm trees 
Walking through the village 
Mud flat exploration activity 
Mud flat exploration activity: a little crab 
Mud flat exploration activity: starfish! 
Mud flat exploration activity: starfish! 
Mud flat exploration activity: sea cucumber 
Mud flat exploration activity 
Island we got to swim on 
Island swimming as the sun sets 
Island swimming as the sun sets 
Going to retrieve crab traps at 6 am 
Going to retrieve crab traps at 6 am 
Morning sunrise 
Going to retrieve crab traps at 6 am 
Pulling up the nets 
Our first crab! 
Getting more crabs 
A starfish got caught in the crab nets… 
It was so big! 
Had to take a few pictures with it before putting it back in the sea where it belongs 
starfish close up – so beautiful! 
Also caught some squid eggs in our net. They were so cool! 
More photos before putting them back in the sea 🙂 
A very colorful swimming outfit 
Had some of the crabs we had caught that morning for lunch! 
Going to plant some mangroves 
Planting mangroves 
Planting mangroves 
Planting sea grass 
Sea grass! 
The Emerald Cave 
The Emerald Cave 
The Emerald Cave 
The Emerald Cave (with my host mom) 
My name in Thai on the sand 
Final beach sunset
Weeks 14 and 16: Finishing Class and Bangkok
29/12/2019 – 8/12/2019 and 16/12/2019-20/12/2019
Said goodbye to my bike 
From the plane to Bangkok 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
At Wat Yai Chaimongkoi 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Wat Maha That 
Pratu Chai 
Pratu Chai 
Pratu Chai 
Wat Phu Khao Thong 
Wat Phu Khao Thong 
Wat Phu Khao Thong 
Wat Phu Khao Thong 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
Wat Phra Si Sanphet 
View from air b and b window 
On the metro lots in Bangkok 
Little carnival near where we stayed
Week 13: Camping and Thanksgiving
22/11/2019 – 28/11/2019
One of the showpieces at the MAIIAM – “Super(M)art Bangkok Survivor” by Navin Rawanchaikui 2004-15 
Outside of the MAIIAM covered in mirror tiling 
Outside of the MAIIAM covered in mirror tiling 
Camping on Doi Suthep 
View from our campsite 
View from our campsite 
Our set-up 
Beautiful tree on hike 
Near Wat Doi Suthep 
Hiked to a view point 
Overlooking Chiang Mai 
View at other angle 
Near Wat Doi Suthep 
Near Wat Doi Suthep 
Me and Chiang Mai view 
Changing up my poses 
Me and Chiang Mai view 
Staircase on hike 
Staircase on hike 
Hiking around Doi Suthep 
Found a waterall! 
Rup Sadet Waterfall 
Rup Sadet Waterfall 
Rup Sadet Waterfall 
Rup Sadet Waterfall 
Rup Sadet Waterfall 
View near campsite after sunset 
Practicing for Thai presentation 
A spider in the lights 
ISDSI campus as sun was setting 
My Thai presentation in class 
My Thanksgiving lunch
Weeks 11 and 12: Back in Chiang Mai
4/11/2019 – 21/11/2019
Making Loy Krathongs in Thai Class 
With my Loy Krathong 
With our Loy Krathongs! 
Some of my classmates with our Loy Krathongs 
With my Loy Krathong 
My Loy Krathong! 
Other Loy Krathongs classmates made 
At the festival! 
Lanterns in the sty! 
Sooo many lanterns 
View of river 
Releasing my Loy Krathong 
At Loy Krathong 
At Loy Krathong 
At Loy Krathong 
At Loy Krathong 
Loy Krathong Parade 
Loy Krathong Parade 
Loy Krathong Parade 
Loy Krathong Parade 
Temple near Loy Krathong Parade 
At temple the night of Loy Krathong Parade 
Temple near Loy Krathong Parade 
Night of Loy Krathong Parade 
Releasing more lanterns 
Releasing more lanterns 
At Loy Krathong 
Closer up 
View from bridge 
I liked this banner in the parade 
Hike 
Hike 
Hike 
Hike 
Hike 
Hike 
Parking structure under mall
4/11/2019 – 9/11/2019
Lunch stop at Wachirathan Waterfall in Doi Inthanon National Park before arriving at the village 
At Wachirathan Waterfall 
Wachirathan Waterfall 
Wachirathan Waterfall 
Wachirathan Waterfall 
Wachirathan Waterfall 
Wachirathan Waterfall 
Wachirathan Waterfall 
Tamarind fruit straight off the tree 
View walking through PhaMon Village 
First night with my host family! (Host mom in the center) 
Our beds for the week 
Where we hung out and ate a lot 
First dinner 
First breakfast 
Family day: working on Tomato farm 
Family day: working on Tomato farm 
Family day: working on Tomato farm 
Family day: working on Tomato farm 
Delicious lunch! 
Riding home from the tomato farm 
Village views 
Village views 
Village views 
Little caterpillar 
Bamboo 
Village views 
Helped my mom cook fish for dinner 
Cooking 
Dinner 
Village meeting around the fire 
At village meeting 
Hanging out in my living room at night time 
Learning to weave Karen style 
Slowing getting the hang of it 
Better and better 
Had a lot of fun learning this 
Weaving a bamboo basket 
In progress 
Finished product! 
What my packed lunches looked like each day 
Coffee grown in the village 
Harvesting rice 
Close up 
Using the traditional machine to remove the outer shell from the rice 
The rice my group processed 
Village views 
At community based tourism center 
Village views 
Me + village views 
Hanging out on the porch 
Hanging out on the porch 
Village views 
Village views as sun was setting 
Interviewing our host families in Thai to learn about their acceptability to meat 
Presenting our poster to the rest of our group 
Hike day- made it to waterfall 
Hike 
Hiking 
Me and waterfall 
Waterfall 
An impressive tree 
Hiking 
Views from hiking 
Views from hiking 
Lunch for the hiking day 
Lunch time laughter 
Eating a forest guava 
Hiking 
Hiking 
Hiking 
Dinner 
Rainy day 
At the school 
Walking through the village (I braided everyone’s hair) 
My host family’s home 
Me, Emily, my host mom, and one of my brothers 
Watching at cultural exchange 
Farewell photo with my host mom 
Group farewell photo 
At the highest peak in Thailand 
Highest peak in Thailand 
Remarkable rain forest 
On nature trail 
Remarkable rain forest 
Flowers at the Twin Pagodas 
Flower at Twin Pagodas garden 
At Twin Pagodas garden 
Twin Pagodas 
View from Pagoda 
At Twin Pagodas 
Strawberry snack from Mon market 
Lunch – dishes all from coconut shells
Weekend Trip to Chiang Rai
2/11/2019 – 3/11/2019
Clock Tower in the center of downtown 
At the Blue Temple 
The Blue Temple 
Details outside of Blue Temple 
Backside of Blue Temple 
Pagoda at Blue Temple 
Blue Temple 
Blue Temple from a distance 
Chiang Rai Beach 
Chiang Rai Beach 
Ladybug friend at Chiang Rai Beach 
Flowers at Chiang Rai Beach 
Chiang Rai Beach 
Chiang Rai Beach 
Thai fanta with dinner 
Clock tower at night 
Cute art seen in cafe. I particularly love this because I can understand what it means in both English and Thai. It’s a very encouraging message 🙂 
The White Temple 
White Temple 
White Temple 
White Temple 
Approaching the White Temple 
White Temple details 
White Temple details 
Me at the White Temple 
The White Temple up close 
White Temple 
Me at the White Temple 
White Temple 
White Temple 
Waterfall feature at the White Temple 
At the White Temple 
Up close of fountain dweller at White Temple 
At the White Temple 
At the White Temple 
At the White Temple 
Me at the White Temple 
Me at the White Temple 
Even the bathroom at the White Temple was lovely
Week 9: Zip-lining and Reading
24/10/2019 – 31/10/2019
K students ready for ziplining 
Hiking to the first platform 
This plant produces coffee 
Into the jungle 
View from first platform 
Bamboo! 
Bridge course to get to another platform 
Beautiful views waiting for my turn to zipline 
One of the platforms from underneath 
Jungle 
Some of my friends on the couple zipline 
View from the trees 
Repelled down a few trees 
Saw some super cool trees! 
Kinda blurry but proof that I was there! 
Back on the ground. Walking back to car 
Flowers on a mid-morning walk 
Walking around campus 
Walking back to dorms 
Hotel pool we went to 
Nice saying at resturant 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Maekamnong Waterfall 
Beautiful leaves! 
Casual stream passing over the road 
Open house and cultural event on campus 
Alvin and the Chipmunks with Caitlin and Kelly. Happy Halloween!
Week 8: Exploring and Hiking
18/10/2019 – 23/10/2019
Friday outing to ECHO Asia 
ECHO Asia tour 
ECHO Asia Experiment: Using invasive plant to build floating gardens 
ECHO Asia lent me a pretty cool hat 
Growing plants for their seed bank 
ECHO Asia seed bank 
closer up in seed bank 
ECHO Asia fish 
At ECHO Asia 
My seeds before germination 
Germination process 
Germinating 
My germinated seeds 
Seeds at ECHO Asia 
Those brown pellets are seeds from that plant. Didn’t catch the species but they’re pretty 
Group at ECHO Asia 
My movie popcorn!! 
Neat fungus from hike at Huay Tueng Tao 
Huay Tueng Tao hike 
Huay Tueng Tao hike 
Huay Tueng Tao hike 
Found the view point! 
Huay Tueng Tao view!! 
Group selfie at view:) 
Jumping at Huay Tueng Tao 
Huay Tueng Tao 
Now off to find the waterfall 
Beautiful jungle 
Waterfall 
Exploring 
Not sure it this is the waterfall we meant to find but it was beautiful! 
Back to the lake 
Walking to park entrance 
Walking to park entrance 
Thank you, Huay Tueng Tao! 
Sunset at dorm during the week!
Weeks 6 and 7: A Day in the Life on the K Thailand Program
6/10/2019 – 17/10/2019
Making Sa paper at Ton Pao Village. Fibers before going into the water and molds 
Making Sa paper at Ton Pao Village. Adding decorations – mine is the bottom half 
Making Sa paper at Ton Pao Village. 
Making Sa paper at Ton Pao Village. Experimenting with leaves – mine it the bottom right corner 
A funny sight at lunch 
The Sa fan that I decorated using their marble method 
Marble method process 
More of the fans our group made 
A Sa paper fan I decorated using the oil marble method 
Sa paper from the gift shop 
Small cords made from Sa paper 
Sa paper from the gift shop 
Sa paper from the gift shop 
Fruit! 
Our group at Ton Pao Village after a fun day learning about Sa paper 
View on a quick run near ISDSI 
A large snail seen on a 7-11 run 
When they say it’s rainy season, they mean it!
30/9/2019 – 5/10/2019
My family’s farm – where all their veggies, fruit, sugar, and rice come from 
Me during a farm break 
My host mom, roommate, and I on a fun farm break 
Cow! 
Lunch in the village 
Rice paddies walking to our family farm 
Afternoon activity: Making tea 
Making tea 
Walking near village 
Walking near village 
Afternoon activity: Making tofu! 
Evening stroll 
Close up of rice 
My house 
How I watered at the farm 
Watering! 
Different angle of farm 
Transplanted these plants! 
Meal cooked by my host brother 
Frog friend in our hallway 
Breakfast 
Walking to the farm 
Walking to the farm – view of soy beans 
Break time snack – I think this is a pomelo 
Delicious lunch fried rice and tofu 
Cooking banana snacks 
Preparing food for the market 
Evening walk in the village 
Evening walk 
Bananas 
Flower 
Evening walk 
K students on way to organic market 
At the Chiang Mai organic market 
My family’s produce 
Organic market 
Selling with our host mom 
Chiang Mai organic market 
One of my favorite snacks – star fruit 
Another village meal 
View from walk to farm 
My roommate’s and my bed – mosquito net was a hero 
Cooking our dish for the farewell dinner 
My family’s chickens 
At the farewell dinner 
Presenting about what we learned at the farewell dinner 
With our mom in the front of the village temple 
Me with my mom and dad! Loved getting to know them 🙂
27/9/2019 – 29/9/2019
Walking around in Pai 
Flower in front of building in Pai 
Sunflowers in Pai 
Cute sign at hostel 
Stop 1 of Pai tour: Pai Hot Springs 
At the Pai hot springs 
At the Pai hot springs 
At the Pai hot springs 
At the Pai hot springs 
Driving to another stop 
Driving through Pai 
Overlook at the edge of town 
Overlook at the edge of town 
Overlook at the edge of town 
Overlook at the edge of town 
Overlook at the edge of town 
Overlook at the edge of town 
Visiting Pai’s “Big White Buddha” 
Visiting Pai’s “Big White Buddha” 
Flower! 
“I love you Pai” coffee shop 
Sitting at I love you Pai 
Group at I love you Pai 
Bamboo Bridge – so beautiful!!! 
Bamboo Bridge 
Bamboo Bridge 
Bamboo Bridge 
Bamboo Bridge 
Bamboo Bridge 
Bamboo Bridge 
Pai Canyon for sunset 
Pai Canyon for sunset 
Pai Canyon for sunset 
Pai Canyon for sunset 
Pai Canyon for sunset 
Pai Canyon for sunset 
Pai Canyon for sunset 
Last morning walking around Pai 
Technically this is an advertisement for a bar, but I really like it 🙂
Week Four: Elephants and Rainy Season Hiking
20/9/2019 – 26/9/2019
Patara Elephant Farm moms and babies 
Patara Elephant Farm 
Kalamazoo Students at Patara Elephant Farm 
Photo complements of Patara Elephant Farm 
At Patara Elephant Farm 
At Patara Elephant Farm 
At Patara Elephant Farm 
Emily and I feeding Toe Kae and her daughter 
Me and Toe Kae 
Quick rinse off and water for Toe Kae 
Toe Kae my elephant friend for the day 
Toe Kae trunk fine details 
Toe Kae 
Toe Kae 
Toe Kae 
End of the day bath for Toe Kae 
Bathing Toe Kae 
Kalamazoo Students end of day at Patara Elephant Farm 
Saying goodbye to Toe Kae 
Hiking Monks Trail 
Monk’s Trail 
Made it to Pa Laad Temple on Monk’s Trail 
Me photo by Kelly 
Scenery at Pa Laad 
Scenery at Pa Laad 
At Pa Laad 
At Pa Laad 
At Pa Laad 
At Pa Laad 
At Pa Laad 
At Pa Laad 
Made to to lunch spot. Photo by Kelly 
Lunch Views 
Lunch views 
The hike continues – stumbled on more waterfalls 
Glimpse of Chiang Mai in the distance 
Snake we saw on side of the trail. 
Caterpillar 
Came upon so many waterfalls on this hike! 
Sai Yoi Waterfall 
Couldn’t take photos in the pouring rain, but we made it to the top!
Week Three: Waterfalls, Temples, New Normals
13/9/2019 – 19/9/2019
Entrance near Chiang Mai Historical Center 
Si Phum square in Old City- statue honoring three kings involved in founding Chiang Mai 
Walking around the square 
Going into the museum 
Lovely orange and yellow iris 
Stone mural 
close up of stone mural 
one museum exhibit documenting change over the years 
Close up of king statues 
Kalamazoo Group! 
Temple in the middle of the road- had to build the road around it as its been there for so long 
group with temple 
I love the fine details in all of the temples (from dragon figure out front) 
Map of Old City 
Back in the songthaew! This is how we usually get around 
Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok – explains the white structures are shrines and tributes to members of past Thai royal family 
Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok 
Me on grounds of Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok 
Wat Suan Dok – outside of actual temple 
Wat Suan Dok – photo from inside event hall 
Wat Suan Dok – photo from inside event hall 
Wat Suan Dok – photo from inside event hall 
One last view from the parking lot 
Riding back to dorms in the Songthaew 
Cooking class – banana dessert station. Kluay Buat Chee 
Cooking class- learning about ingredients in papaya salad 
Cooking class- finished product of spicy pork salad 
Papaya salad in the making 
Ingredient spread for pad see ew 
Flowers at the park 
Interesting flowers 
Park sculpture 
At the park 
At the park 
Swimming in Mae Sa! Photo by Kelly 
Behind the waterfall, Photo by Kelly 
Photo by Kelly 
Photo by Kelly 
Photo by Kelly 
View of weekday sunset from my dorm
Week Two: Settling in at Payap University
6/9/2019 – 12/9/2019
Walking around Old City 
View from roof of Maya mall 
Top of temple from inside Old City (name unknown) 
Roosters walking around town! 
Temple from Old City (name unknown) 
Cool plants outside temple 
temple grounds in old city 
My bike parked with all the motor bikes 
View on Payap campus 
View on school campus 
Riding bikes to school! 
Court yard like area in the building my Thai class is in 
Parking lot upper view. Lots of solar power on this campus! 
I’ve seen lots of these flowers so far 
View of my dorm building from the street 
Front of my dorm building 
The view from my dorm window 
Studying Thai 
Building seen while walking through night bizarre 
Chiang Mai night bizarre 
Chiang Mai night bizarre 
Chiang Mai night bizarre 
Chiang Mai night bizarre
Week One: Orientation
29/8/2019 – 5/9/2019
ISDSI fall program students arriving at airport 
Wat Phra Singh Temple 
View from a Songthaews driving through the city 
Pagoda at the Wat Chiang Mun Temple 
Sunday Night Market 
Me on the first day of classes! 
K students on first day of Thai classes 
ISDSI campus 
ISDSI Campus – building is made from retired shipping containers! 
Alley walking through Old City in Chiang Mai 
Temple from Old City, Chiang Mai. I’m not sure the name of it because I can’t read Thai yet 
Outside of the temple 
Street art in Old City 
Street art in Old City 
Bonding activity from orientation – our tower could not stand by itself 
Book translation that I liked from Thai book store 
Central Festival mall 
Wat Phra Singh Temple 
Rules for visitors of temples 
Pagota of Wat Phra Singh 
Walls of Wat Phra Singh have paintings that tell the history of Chiang Mai 
Wat Phra Singh Temple 
At Wat Phra Singh 
Wat Phra Singh had nice messages around the outside 
Chang Moi market 
View from Chang Moi market bridge 
Wat Chiang Mun temple 
Wat Chiang Mun Pagoda 
View from Wat Chiang Mun 
Me with the wall separating Old City 
View away from the wall 
Old city wall 
Walking back to hostel 
Sunday Street Market 
View from the roof of the Maya mall
Food Gallery: Pictures of some of my food throughout the program! Updated 26/9/2019
Pork and spinach dish for lunch with soup 
Lunch at ISDSI – soup, rice, bean chicken dish, fish, fruit 
Coconut milk ice-cream! 
Red curry with pork and rice 
Hot and sour soup with pork 
coconut water straight from a coconut 
Pork dumplings from the Sunday street market 
My first dish of Pad Thai in Thailand! 
Donut from the market 
Traditional Thai soup 
A breakfast: pork soup with rice 
Used a food delivery service one evening. Food arrived in little bags – had to provide our own dishes 
Bubble tea! I’ve been getting it at school a lot as it only costs 15 bhat (about 50 cents USD) 
Chicken Wanton soup with bubble tea for lunch 
Dessert! Made to order fluffy bread with filling. 
Pork egg noodle dish for lunch 
Strawberry drinks while studying in a cafe 
Pork soup for lunch! 
Crape from night bizarre. Filled with mango, strawberry, banana, and topped with chocolate 
Khao Soi for lunch 
Oreo blizzard- couldn’t resist:) 
One of my favorite ‘school’ lunches- pineapple fried rice with chicken and soup! 
Popsicle 
Pad see ew 
Khao Soi from my favorite lunch spot 
Thai omelette over rice with soup for lunch 
Mango coconut cream bar from 7-11 
Lunch from 21/9 hike – chicken and sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves 
Packaging of my sack lunch 
Some of the fruit we’ve tried! 
“Chocolate Tea” 
Ice cream from 7-11 
Chicken basil with rice and egg 
My favorite lunch time dessert 
Passion fruit 
Pineapple smoothie 
Watermelon ice cream 
Watermelon ice cream with my friend’s who received a smashed one haha 
Khao Soi 
Flower tea with bubbles 
“Pandan” tea 
Coconut icecream 
Khao Soi 
Pad see ew 
Donut 
cappuccino 
Delicious vegan pizza 
Chicken soup 
7-11 wafer ice cream bar 
Fried chicken 
coconut ice cream 
Pineapple smoothie 
Super pretty (and delicious) coconut icecream 
“English breakfast” 
Dumpling noodle soup 
Coconut ice cream 
Dumpling noodle soup 
Tom Yum soup 
Japanese restaurant assortment 
Camping PPJ 
Pineapple smoothie 
Pad Thai 
7-11 ice cream. Supposed to be Olaf 
Chicken noodle soup for lunch 
Thanksgiving lunch Thai style: sweet potato, salad, green beans, chicken, and pumpkin pie
Kzoo to Chiang Mai 