President Sitichai

President Sitichai is the president of Udorn Branch Two. He is a very humble and kind man, and his wife is a sweetheart, too. We went to visit them one day, and they seemed happy to see us. When we told them we wanted to take their picture, she turned and checked her hair in the small mirror hanging on the corner of their stand (like every woman I know!) They make their living selling skewered meat from this stand on the roadside across from a lake in Udorn.

Our driver took this picture so we could all be in it. There aren't very many pictures with Ray in them--just making sure you know that he really is here with me!

The meat is served with sticky rice which President Sitichai cooks the traditional way--in a pot over an open fire. He says he won't cook with gas because the flavor isn't as good. When I told him he was a "chef--a real rice artist", he smiled big. (He said on a busy day, he can cook up to 45 pounds of sticky rice!)