Into the Cental Provinces of Thailand, part II

SaraBuri is the site of the King's Agricultural experimentation station, kind of like an extension station in the US.  However, this is where the King's New Theory of Agricultural is being modeled, although, there are certainly some difficultures with getting the farmers to go along with it.  Here is a link if you are interested in reading more about it.

http://www.chaipat.or.th/chaipat_old/journal/april03/mongkol_e.html

And a picture or two:

a rice paddy, with the home in the background

We left the Agricultural Research station and proceeded to find food!  Brian Kilp pointed out to us, that with Thai's everything revolves around food, and I'd have to say, with my limited experience, that may be very true.  And this meal, once again, was fabulous (our lunch was wonderful as well and we were visited by the provincial governor!)

These waterside restaurants are my version of heaven,

this person may have caught the fish we ate for dinner!

A beautiful sunset, which this picture doesn't really justify to end a great day.

We were surprised at dinner by a visit from another provincial official who brought a gift for us, which John Conant accepted on our behalf.  The official also picked up our bar tab apparently.