The 2007 Dig

I met my fellow Earthwatchers and we rode in a luxury minivan to Phi Mai, to the Phi Mai Inn I'd stayed in ten years ago. There seemed to be habitation all along the highways. (I noted particularly the outlet stores that are in the Khao Yai Wildlife Park area.) Phi Mai itself was much as before, although the internet cafe was new! The hotel had grown and prospered under Higham's Earthwatch patronage, and the pool was as refreshing as ever!

SO on to the dig, which was a few kilometers from the one that I had attended in '97, about which I'd done one of my first web-page narratives, Origins of Awareness.

It was hot, but there were sunscreens erected over the pit and the work area. MePooh, the puppy, kept us amused. 

The local buddhist temple next to the dig had built a new temple, and we were Invited to come to Its dedication. A money tree had stayed by the tiny shop at the dig for several days, and the villagers had been filling It up with bhat. The day of the festival we marched to the temple, climbed to the top of the older one and looked down on the new one, and ate magnificent foods. Quite an experience.