Field Trip
Not your typical field trip destination.
There were no free samples.
Actually this was a very interesting field trip. It was all day though, and I do mean ALL day. We left the school at 6:30am and did not get back until almost 8pm.
The museum is in the Golden Triangle, but unfortunately we were not able to convince the driver to stop so I could take a picture of all three countries at one time. Next time.
The late Princess Mother (the current king’s mother) initiated this project to educate people about the dangers of opium and all its derivatives and in conjunction began rehabilitation programs and re-education/retraining programs for the people groups whose main source of income was growing opium poppies.
The museum was very well done and I would like to take the rest of the family back there sometime.
As we walked through, I heard echoing in my head the inane arguments I have heard about how if we just legalized some of the illegal drugs in America, we would generate a tax income based on sales, break the grip of the drug gangs and mobs, and it is a personal choice anyways, so why are we forcing morality on everyone. (pardon my run-on sentence)
Everyone who has EVER thought this need to come to this museum, or research the history of the opium trade and become educated.
Ok, off soap box.
The trip up was gorgeous and I would love to be able to do some exploring in that area and visit some of the many national parks we drove by. This is up by the one of the areas we are considering working in, so the opportunity may be there for that!
