"I like ham and candy"

Yesterday we went up to the Akah hill tribe village to help them build an adobe stove. It was such a primitive place, unlike any I've been to so far in Thailand. The buildings were all small huts and some of the older women had tribal headwear. The kids were so excited and followed us around and held our hands. They have an alternative medicine clinic there that we're all helping to build and so far the building and the sauna are complete. On the way back our taxi driver made a stop at his house to show us his baby. He had a little ball cap on and his name was Juan. They even let me hold him ahhh! Once we got back I watched some Glee with Amy and we were all listening to her skype her parents in Texas and imitating their accents (apparently we do that a lot). Amy was teaching us all the different types of southern accents using the phrase that Riley picked "I like ham and candy."

This morning we went to pediatrics and I met the love of my life, a little Thai girl with downs syndrome. I did puzzles with her and read and acted out books for her and she started getting into it too. She kept clapping and then leaning in to hug me. She's the best little girl in the world. Afterward we travelled around a bit to find a bank and post office and got caught in the rain...again. This place is constantly wet these days. This picture of a little boy from the hill tribe might be my favorite picture of the trip.