Tenth Grade Field Trip

One of the tenth grade classes had a field trip this past weekend and I was invited to tag along. We went to the province of Petchabun, to the area known as Khao Kho, which is about 100 kilometers to the east of Phitsanulok.  On Saturday, we stopped at a Buddhist Temple

where I rang all 108 bells.

Then we stopped at the flower garden outside the Khao Kho International Library.

Then we hiked up Khao Kho mountain, a very steep climb of 770 meters from bottom to top. My students all started together and made it to the top in small groups of one or two. Eventually everyone made it to the top and got to enjoy the scenic view.

and some of us rested.

After the quick trip back down the mountain, we went to a waterfall to cool off. This was a very small waterfall compared to some of the others I have seen in Thailand, but the water was nice and cold and felt very good on a hot day.

After camping for the night, we woke up on Sunday morning to a sea of fog.  We loaded up the trucks and headed out for a day full of site seeing.

First stop was a Soldier Museum.

Lots of old school military weapons and aircrafts

including this M.A.S.H. style helicopter.

Next was a Soldier Monument that has the names of those killed during some war engraved on the inner walls.

It also has an old war bunker area

and a scenic view.

As we were driving to another destination, we spotted this temple and decided to take a look. It is still being built but we were able to wander around and take pictures anyway.

After all this, we still had one more stop, but it gets its own blog.