This is for documentation only

I am going to run a (brand new) marathon in Northwestern Thailand to benefit an orphanage on Thai-Burmese border in June 2009. It can't be any hotter than Chicago 2007. This is what my feet look like now, so I imagine they will be completely mangled by the time the race rolls around. So much for sandal season...

In and around Mae Sariang

string tying for good luck.



school children.


children don't wear shoes in class.

the original Thai capital, Sukothai

cooking in (another) Andean village

Got really sick while up in the mountains this week, so I didn't shoot much outside my exact work assignments, but I did grab this:

A sky like a coloring book

there are, apparently, only beautiful skies in the Sacred Valley during dry season...

A fun little journey

My co-worker has an old VW bug that (usually) gets us where we need to go. so fun!



Shooting out of the passenger's side window:

The national strike

A national strike with all sorts of violence predicted went pretty smoothly

breadmaking

In the mountains, they make bread in wood fired ovens, which is amazingly delicious, and delightfully carb-laden.

random market picture

that's all she wrote...back to work.

meandering through a dark irrigation tunnel

Honestly, people do the strangest things in the name of fun

games.

playing pool in CR--but forgot to post it...


playing marbles at Lake Titicaca