Adam

Fishing

Waree's dad has several thousand catfish in this pond by the river on the farm.  He was having problems catching them, using a drop net thrown out with weights on the perimeter.  So he borrowed Rats tractor a single cylinder very slow revving diesel with two wheels which is the work horse of all farms in the region.  He set this up as a pump to transfer the water from the nong (lake or pond) where he has the fish into the adjacent one.

When the water level had been lowered Waree's dad, her brother Joi and the neighbour across the road Juan fished to get about 20 kg of fish ordered for a funeral party in the village. Unfortunately the water kept seeping back
from the adjacent nong and the river so the level soon rose again.

Joi ploughing

Waree's brother Joi ploughing the rice field next to the farm area to make
way for planting corn

Waree's niece Bang

Waree's father enjoying lunch

In Issan (the northeast of Thailand) food is generally eaten sitting on a
rush mat using the hands to create balls of sticky rice which are dipped
into the food so that a small amount of meat, fish or vegetables is picked
up with the rice to be eaten.

Nan holding Adam at Lotus Shopping Centre, Nong

The village men love any excuse to drink Thai whisky (actually a rum made from sugar). This man dumped himself down in our chairs and slept it off.  He was not a close friend but in the village there is casual access to people's houses so falling asleep in somebody's chair is not a problem.

Waree's father eating his lunch at the farm

In Issan (the northeast of Thailand) food is generally eaten sitting on a rush mat using the hands to create balls of sticky rice which are dipped into the food so that a small amount of meat, fish or vegetables is picked up with the rice to be eaten.

Waree's brother Joi ploughing the rice field next to the farm area to make way for planting corn.

Waree's dad has several thousand catfish in this pond by the river on the
farm.

He was having problems catching them, using a drop net thrown out
with weights on the perimeter. So he borrowed Rats tractor a single
cylinder very slow revving diesel with two wheels which is the work horse of
all farms in the region.

He set this up as a pump to transfer the water from the nong (lake or pond) where he has the fish into the adjacent one.

When the water level had been lowered Waree's dad, her brother Joi and the
neighbour across the road Juan fished to get about 20 kg of fish ordered for
a funeral party in the village.

Unfortunately the water kept seeping back
from the adjacent nong and the river so the level soon rose again.