Life in the sticks

Spot the foreigner

When I mentioned that we were editing in rural Thailand, I really did mean rural.

Baan Gerda is a 3 hour drive north-east of Bangkok, set amongst the sugar cane fields of a traditional farming region. The nearest 7-11 store (always a good judge of population density in Thailand) is a 25 minute car ride away. In fact, you can't even walk to the nearest village as it's about 7 kilometres from here.

The highlight of our week is a trip to the local market at Din Daeng village. The presence of 3 foreigners constantly turns heads. I'm convinced that some of them have never seen white skin before!