[ENG] 07.03.2014 Chiang Mai Part

Today was one of the funniest days with the Germans. We went to the Sufficiency Economy Centre at Mae Rim which is located not so far from my home. In the morning we learned about the Sufficiency Economy Theory which was discovered by the King Rama IX of Thailand. Also the Germans interviewed the guide about the theory more. In the main hall we saw the exhibition and models about this theory such as for lands, agriculture, plants, water and daily life.

What is more, is we observed how they raised the frogs in frogs apartments (see the pictures). I felt sorry for them somehow because it was too narrow for them to live in those wheels or water gallons. We also listened to the teacher how they planted the mushrooms. It was not so interesting because it was a bit complicated with many technical words or names.

After lunch we went to watch the dog show which was performed by the military students and the military dogs. There were not just us but also the students from Mae Jo University who had camp during the day. They seemed to be quite excited to see the German students. After the dog show was the buffalo's turn. We could even ride the buffalos, so we did. All Germans managed to get on the buffalo by jumping. The Mae Jo students cheered the Germans up by shouting which the Germans seemed to be surprised and a bit confused about their actions. lol

After all the shows, we went to the rice field and learned how to set the baby rice into the field. It was funny with cold dirts under our feet. But the best part of the day was not the baby rice, we had to use the large wood to make the land soft and we stumbled all the time in the dirt. So we were all dirty and needed to be washed. We washed ourselves and someone began the water war, so we played a lot of water with water pipes and had a lot of fun. We had to let the sun dried our clothes afterwards.