Nisa is a great cook and we enjoyed delicious meals with her family.
This is the home she grew up in, although she said they added the second story a while back.
The view around her home is beautiful, mostly rice fields and MOUNTAINS! (Something I really do miss in Bangkok.) It felt so refreshing to get out of the city.
The rice was just sprouting in some fields and about knee-high in other fields. Corn was also grown in one section of the field.
Nisa's sister explained to me that here, where the farmers rely on the rain to water the fields, rice is grown once per year. However, in fields along major rivers and water ways, rice can be planted and harvested twice a year because they have an alternative water source.
This is another home along the walk from the main road to Nisa's house. The bottom of the house is left open and used kind of like a garage, to store things and hang clothes to dry during rainy season.
The white building in the distance is the school Nisa went to as a kid. Now her niece, who lives with Grandma and Grandpa, studies there.
On our walk we found an ox. His owner said he was friendly, so we could pet him and take a picture.
On our walk back home Mr. Ox was getting a bath. It kind of reminded me of washing a car, but he seemed to be enjoying it.
Thank you, beautiful Nisa, for taking me to visit your home!
A field truck. Most of the people in this area work in the fields.
Nisa, her mom, her older sister, and her niece.
The family and their adopted foreign daughter.
A lovely weekend with lovely friends.
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