Thai Kings Day!

You will have to forgive me... I am playing catch up with my blog.

Deceber 4th was the Thai Kings Birthday. In Thailand this is the biggest holiday of the year, and because the population of Midway is 90%, it is one of the biggest parties of the year here.

The Thai King is the longest ruling monarch ever. He is well loved and respectd by his people. And interestingly enough, he is western educated.

Here is the islands Thai population in front of their king's portrait.

The islands female population: Tracy (the woman who hired me), Merissa (the refuge managers wife), Katie and Erika (two volunteers/refugees from Tern Island), Nushe, Me, Brette, Maura (the woman who was responsible for training us on albatross monitoring), and Darlene (island big sister).

This was actually a really funny story. We wanted a picture taken of us, so I gave Moo my camera and we lined up. By the time we were all lined up every Thai man in the place had his camera out and was taking photo's of us. It turns out that having two X-chromosomes on Midway naturally makes you a celebrity.

And the feast!!