Transportation

Even though the locals believe we are completely crazy for walking in the heat and on the busy roads; it is necessary at many times. We I am teaching at the old campus, there are no song theaws that pass when we are headed in this direction. A song theaw is Thai for “two rows.” It is a truck with a tall covering the bed with two rows of seats. It is like Mahsarakham’s bus route. It costs 8 baht (about $0.09) to travel on one of these per route and you just push a bell button when you want to stop and get off. The best part of a song theaw is that they pick you up anywhere on the road that is within their route; there is no need for waiting at a bus stop. We only have to walk a short distance to a road near our apartment to catch a song theaw to the new campus. We can also take a large bus to near large cities. Most all of our students have motorcycles and carry us when they can but sometimes this is difficult when they want all six of us to come along. Two of our good student friends have cars and have asked us to go traveling on the weekends with them to their hometowns. This weekend get the honor of going to Roiet to a student’s hometown and I know it will be an experience I never forget.