Cheese!!!

Pictures time… finally.
Ok go.

Part One: Sriracha


When you’re thirsty, there’s bound to be a vendor close by. When you’re really thirsty, they’re all closed.


Dubbed ‘the Ethical Addictions of Sriracha’ by Yours Truly along with Miss Andrea Dirks. Good coffee. Decent english.


Wat Wang Hin, close to where I stayed while I was in Sriracha.


Wat Wang Hin at sunset.


Nobody really knows where Sriracha ends and where the water starts. I figure it’s about two blocks inland from where the Gulf of Thailand becomes visible.


A genuinely suave-looking cowboy construction worker in Sriracha.


These chaps make ice. It’s their job, and they love their job. All smiles on the day I met them.


Punks in Pattaya.

Part Two: The Beautiful Andaman Coast


Jess checks out a waterfall near Bang Niang. Mighty fun day that was.


Remember that crazy hike in the jungle? On the left there, that’s the path. It’s pretty easy to see at this point in the game. Oh, but be careful, cause there’s a slippering there.


What photo journey of Thailand would be complete without the token Buddha photo. I got permission to take this photo, incase you were wondering. That’s why it’s one of the very few Buddha pictures I have.


Man… tough life I have here.

Part Three: Rebuilding after the Tsunami


Self explanatory. That’s Bang Niang, the place I lived until I moved to the village.


Part of the village of Nam Khem.


Ruins line the shores in Bang Niang.


An swimming pool from a resort that is no longer standing.


Rebuilding the gateway to a wat along the highway on the way from Bang Niang to Nam Khem.


Laying bricks in one of the houses we are working on.


Our worksite during the time that the soccer team and Noi Na were here. It looks a little different now.

Part Four: People in the South


The Legend himself. Gaan. Good friend, and cell phone addict. Just joking. He rules.


An employee at a boat yard, which is building boats to rebuild the livelihood of the people in Nam Khem.


Jess and I got invited to a fire on the beach with the Swiss soccer team before they left.


When we finally got through the jungle on that sketchy gravel road on the island, we ended up in a picturesque fishing village. (Picturesque excepting of course the heaps of rubble left by the tsunami). This girl was playing beside a house, so I took some pics.


Eating at our favorite sticky rice vendor near the YWAM base with Gaan and Jepsikwa.


One of the Thai workers I have spent time with at the job site.


Every night in the village there are mad, mad games of Pick Up Soccer. Amazing.
I love the village.

So there you have it... my time so far in photos. No worries, I have about another 1300 photos so far, so there's plenty more to show... but only if you want. And only when I get home.
Ok, I'm off....
later.