Anyone who has curly hair knows how hard it is to have
people play with your hair. When it’s touched the volume increases, the frizz
is out of this world and I end up looking like a wild woman. As most young
girls do, the Yaowawit students love to try out new braids and buns on us
volunteers. Usually they steer clear of the tangled mess that is plopped on top
of my head, but this past Saturday was a different story. I agreed to let the
girls do some braiding, and well the pictures can tell the rest of it…
Living in a small village has it’s perks. In Kapong, everyone knows you are from Yaowawit (primarily because you are the only white people), when you go on morning runs everyone yells Hello! And Leo Leo!, and when there is a new restaurant in town everyone needs to try it out. Being the foodies we are, Riley and I have been to the new restaurant a time or two and couldn’t resist their newest addition, paddleboats! After we watched a fairly overweight individual nearly flip the boat, and then end up taking an accidental swim in the murky waters we decided to out our skills to the test. Thankfully our time on the boats was slightly less eventful, and we were able to watch the sunset on the water!
This past week Hong Kong International School was here at
Yaowawit. Throughout the week their 21 students helped in the classroom, built
our newly implemented recycling system, and joined our high school students in
learning about the community of Kapong. To send them off, Yaowawit hosted one
of the most epic dance parties to date! It began with choreographed and
traditional Thai dances, and turned into a dancing frenzy. We danced
(literally) until we had blisters on the bottom of our feet, and were all in
desperate need of a shower. Such a fun Friday night!
