There was a tiny village next to the elephant camp with more little children than houses. I wandered over during my few free hours to buy Diet Coke and tried to engage the children who were mostly laughing at me because I could not understand the simple things they said. Then I figured it out. One at a time, I took a picture of each child and showed it to them. They laughed hysterically at each one. On the second day, a few more children came up to me. After I took their pictures, they took me to their schoolyard where we played tag (I can't catch a ten year old) and they taught be how to count to five. They could count to ten in English, but five was more than I could learn at one time.
The children of Ban Pak Ou, with an adult or two.
These photos are absolutely wonderful!
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