The CD school principal, called Ajarn Yai, invited the teachers to come to her house for a weekend. We had a great time! Her house is located right by the River Kwai. Its design is based on Khmer ruins in Muang Sing which is nearby. Her house has been featured in a few Thai home magazines.
We saw the bridge over the River Kwai. It was an infamous bridge constructed by mostly British, Aussie, and Dutch and also Thai prisoners of war. The Japanese invaded Thailand during WWII. They wanted to construct the bridge to make an easier passage to Burma. The bridge was destroyed by Allied forces' bombs and later rebuilt after the war by a Japanese company as part of war reparations.
We rode a train on the bridge. We saw nice countryside, and we stopped at a cave. Then we rode a house-boat. Jaron and I swam and slid down a waterfall. It was a great way to get to know the teachers at our school better.
I got to know an older couple Susie and Kirk and their family better. Susie is a teacher at the high school. They shared many stories. They met in Thailand, got married and have been living and working in Thailand for 17 years. They studied linguistics and did work with hill tribe people. They help tribal people develop a writing system for their spoken languages. They moved to Bangkok for one year to do some different work with the Thai educational system.
One thing was funny. There is a Chinese teacher that the foreign girl teachers have a crush on. He surprised them. They didn't think he was going. Some of the teachers may try to sign up for Chinese lessons now.
We had lots of fun. I hope we can go on another school trip.
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