Bob's 58th Birthday!!!!

Our host family threw a birthday party for Bob. They invited some of the community college students to join us for a meal and cake. They used something like a fondue and cooked chicken fat in the center and boiled vegetables in the water around the edges. Bob then cut the cake and Carol had to feed him the cake. Each of the students gave Bob a flower, and Faa (in the light blue top) gave Bob a pair of Thai fisherman shorts used to lounge around in after his ap-naam (bath).
This was the first of three birthdays that Bob would celebrate in Thailand and everyone of them was a special gift in a special land.