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this sums up the Mae Tang Fishery Day. (well no fishing poles were used)

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ~Jennifer Yane

belated phototgraphy

[In order: Umbrellas in Bosang- the Handicraft Village.

crazy kids at Mae Tang, pt1 and 2.

Dancing during lunch at Mae Tang.

Gad Luang Market,

from bridge

various vendors.

FISH! and MUD! and FISH!

'I could tell you my adventures - beginning from this morning,' said Alice a little timidly: 'but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.' Alice - Through The Looking Glass

Yesterday was incredible. Mae Tang Fish Hatchery!

So, we arrived around 9am and were in the water by about 9:30.

While fighting to not sink in the mud, we scooped the corralled fish out of their nets with mesh baskets and carried them across the path to their new ponds. The fish were tilapia, ranging from about 5 inches long to a foot long. They’re strong fish! And with hundreds to thousands of them in each net, it was hard work moving them! After we emptied and tore down all the nets in that pond we used a net the length of the pond to do a sweep of the entire pond. It took all 30+ of us to walk the length of the pond holding one edge of the net along the bottom of the pond while the other edge floated along the surface. This process caught more than just tilapia. We also caught the large carp (by large I mean like 15lbs/1.5ft long) and large catfish (a foot or longer) and moved them to the new pond so the old pond can drained and cleaned.

Lunch was surprisingly enough a main course of tilapia with a sweet chile sauce and rice with fruit after. The fish was sooooo good! After lunch, some song and dance broke out, don’t worry there’s a video.

Back to work! This time we were checking fish for eggs. The workers had done this a couple days earlier so only a couple people found fish with eggs. Overall, the day was amazing! It’s so unreal to think that this is counting as school!

Well well well. Here I am. Getting ready for school today, Friday, and I’m not wearing the black and white. No, I’m wearing hiking clothes. BECAUSE….drumroll…we are going to an NGO about an hour outside of the city today. Anddd…!!...there was promise of swamp romping. Oh yes, chest deep swamp water. Full of all those weird Thai bugs. This might all sound sarcastic, but I promise you I am very excited! Very excited! This is one of those Binney type excursions, I was always the first to jump into the waders and climb into the water. I really can’t wait. It feels a little more like home now.

School’s been going well. I’m only slightly homesick. And I’m only keeping track of weeks not days. So there’s that. To be clear there are 22 weeks until I’m back in the US. And I keep having strange nervous dreams about being back in the 269.

Back to school, yesterday Greg Hamilton(?) came to show a documentary he made about a traditional game in Mayanmar(Burma). It was beautiful! Chinlone. A game like soccer, but with only one team, the goal to juggle the ball as long as possible with any body part accept the hands. And the ball is wicker, woven of came, and smaller than a soccer ball.

I’ve got to go to breakfast now. Fried rice! And ride my bike to school.

My Room

Eating New Things

So. the other day I ate a bug at the market. they're expensive. and prized. because they live their entire lives in above ground in bamboo.

Today I ate glass shrimp at the Fish Hatchery. ((WHICH WAS AWESOME!)) pictures soon! oh by the way, you eat glass shrimp when they're alive!!!

The Fish Hatchery was completely amazing today, I've never had so much fun while being so completely soaked in mud!