THAILAND  CULTURAL CHALLENGE

A fun part of travelling the world is emersing ourselves into the culture.

As a group of photo-journalists fighting injustice we see a lot of the "bad" things happening.

During busy times with the team and ministry it is nice to go off and have an adventure to recharge the batteries and elate the soul :)

We made a list of 22 items for our team to try while in Thailand.

Whichever team member completes the most items in the challenge (with photo evidence) wins an item from a local cafe.  The culture challenge winner for Thailand was: SARAH GNEIDIG!

The following are some photos of me doing fun things (not necessarily in the culture challenge).

 One fine day Sarah and I went fishing with Luke Moon, one of our speakers during our lecture phase here in Thailand.  
It took Sarah about 20 minutes to reel in this big guy, and I reeled in one about the same size.

One fine day we visited a waterfall.  A hired driver took us around to three different locations.  First we rode elephants, second we visited this lovely waterfall, and third we took a bamboo raft down a river.  To make this particular day even better, we ate at a restaurant which served REAL Heinz ketchup.  

When the day couldn't get any more thrilling, it DID!   The ladies of our team went to the night market to watch the Cabaret show.  Sarah and Rachel had develped friendships with the ladyboys in the show.  BEST part of the day, was when Rachel appeared on stage and danced/acted during one of their songs.  This day was also Sarah's birthday.  The whole day was unforgettable.

On the same day as the fishing day, I rented a scooter for 120baht.  Thats about $5usd.  Oh what fun!!

One fine day, Rachel and I stood on this bamboo bridge (obviously).  

This was where we met a whole bunch of kids!!

One fine day, I fought against the worlds superheros.  And pluto.  

That makes me a villan.  Snap!  Didn't see that coming, did you?

On Cass's birthday we went to pet some tigers.  It's a real tiger.  
My facial expression says it all.

One fine day Dave and I wore Thai pants, and ate Pad Thai.

We rode elephants.  Intense.