than thip waterfall

 

 

 

 

Did a trip to Than Thip Waterfall with our little girl, Joop Jang, and her friend, Whun (together with her sponsors - Ron & Colleen). There are a few waterfalls near Ban Meata (Ban Meata is located in a valley surrounded by beautiful mountains). Than Thip Waterfall is probably the most beautiful and closest to Ban Meata. There is currently a lot of flow due to the rainy season in Thailand. One thing to note is that the water is not exactly crystal clear. There is a lot of run-off from loose soil and dirt further up the river but it is still a beautiful waterfall...

korean bbq thai style

 

 

 

 

 

Everything Korean is very popular in Thailand especially Korean drama series and Korean BBQ. We were told that there are several Korean BBQ places in Lomsak and well worth a try so we decided to take the big girls and the younger girls (9-11) with us. Logistics was an issue since there are 10 big girls and 9 younger ones. We brought the big girls first on a Sunday and the younger girls on the Friday. With the help from Ron and Colleen, we ferried them to the Korean BBQ place in their ute. It's buffet at the price of 69 baht for us adults (and big girls) and 49 baht for the younger girls. On top of the great food, you can also watch Korean series on a big screen TV. These girls can eat!!! We couldn't believe how much the little ones ate and I am sure they ate more than 49 baht per child. They definitely ate more than us and the big girls!!! The owner must have regretted charging the younger girls 49 baht each...

new addition to the family

 

Meet the new addition to the family - our newly sponsored child from Mercy International. Her name is Joop Jang. She is 12 years old and is a real lady. We adore her very much. She is an orphan and has quite a sad story. We have been at Mercy International for 4 weeks now and it is in the last week that we really got to know her a little better and decided to sponsor her. She is shy girl but warms up once she gets to know you better. We fell in love with her when we got to know her better.

snails and crabs for dinner

 

 

Whun, the carer of the big girls, cooked up delicious snails and crabs for dinner for the girls. We tried some...the crabs are too small to get much out of them but they are sweet tasting. The snails were a little too slime-like..... The girls love them and some had 3-4 servings of rice!

crabbing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children have 2 days off school as it is public holidays on Thursday and Friday. Keeping kids entertained for 4 days straight (including weekends) is not easy. Today we took the big girls out for crabbing at the rice field. On the way there, they introduced us to wild fruits of the forest. No idea what we were eating but they tasted alright. It was a beautiful day and the view of the rice fields was mesmerising. Crabbing in the rice field is a muddy business. You get down on all fours to catch the little crabs. As you can see in the photos, the girls are very good at this. It was a fruitful trip with a bagful of snails and crabs for dinner!

ban meata fish

       

Ban Meata has started a number of projects in agriculture and one of them is fish farming. Tilapia is the fish farmed here as they are easy to farm and grow very rapidly. Our kind friend, Niphar, invited us to share a BBQ dinner with her and on the menu is tilapia fresh from the Ban Meata fish farm. We also had some meat balls and a very spicy homemade chili sauce to go with the fish. Alvin got the fire going with charcoal in a little clay stove while Niphar barbecued the fish to perfection. The barbecued fish was so fresh and juicy! Yum!!!