More Orientation

On Sunday our orientation continued with more language lessons - counting to 9,999, bargaining, visa issues 30 days, plus 15 days if you go out and back in by bus, 30 more if you fly, or $20 per day fine if you stay to long.

Then a bit more safety - still don't get drunk to much (they tend to have a young crowd of volunteers and a lot of German ones at that), and then off to the market. The market is much as I remember from 46 years ago in Bangkok.  What memories last so long?  Fragrances or if you want to get real about it - odors. We tasted all manner of Thai market delicacies.

Cooked While You Wait

Colorful Deserts

Honey Hive Bee Larva

Panji Ofers Fried Crickets (they DO taste like chicken!)

No one tried the larva.

But several of us braved the fried crickets.

We didn't taste the seafood,

and I wasn't even tempted!

Fish at Market

Squid and ...? 

A Full Range of Whatever!

Of course not everything at the market was food. Aside from the food there were machetes, dresses, clothes, wicker baskets, wooden baskets, plastic baskets, children's toys, pots, pans, meat grinders, and it went on and on.

Painted Wooden Baskets

And the Market Went On and On

Taxi Anyone?