Drum roll, please.
The area where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia meet is promoted as the Emerald Triangle, in contrast to the Golden Triangle in the north of Thailand. The Emerald refers to the large intact monsoon forests there. This is where I'll be living for the next two years. The region is Thailand's Northeaster Province of Isaan and my district is called Ubon Ratchathani.
Aside from living near two borders and the Mekong River, I will also be living within a stone's throw of an international airport, a 7-11 convenience store, and a big shopping center.
The following tourist attractions are within a 50-mile radius. See below:
I won't visit my future home until this weekend, but Peace Corps staff has supplied me with the following photos from my village to hold me over.
Another supervisor:
The Senior Center in my village:
Below is the Subdistrict Administrative Organization. I will work here, for the most part.
They harvest mushrooms in my village:
I leave on Friday to check it all out in person. More photos to come, I'm sure.
How cool is this - Cliff lived in Uban Ratchathani for a year. Of course, that was almost 40 years ago. Things may have changed a bit since then. We're coming to visit!!
ReplyDeleteMegan I'm so proud of you. This is going to be such an amazing experience for you. I hope that I can come visit sometime. Miss you dearly.
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Mom, people here often ask about my family back home. After you told me that he lived here, I started telling the locals. They ask if that is the reason I came here, and when I explain that I had no control of choosing my work site, and that I could've been placed anywhere in the world, they all drop their jaws and say, "heet-bang-uen!!" (meaning: a superstitious perspective of coincidence)
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