Recent guests at Gecko Villa visited the local village primary school during their stay. Back home, they  very kindly sent a large parcel of colourful children's books to Gecko Villa for donation to the school. Having collected the parcel from the inquisitive provincial post office, Ten, on behalf of the guests, is seen here presenting the parcel to the head teacher and children: they were delighted to find easy-to-read multicoloured story books inside, and immediately set about trying to understand the English texts.

The schoolchildren join us in thanking the guests for this generous donation: Sleeping Beauty and a variety of squiggly characters are now wandering the rice paddies of Isaan at playtime!

A British family based in Bahrain recently stayed at Gecko Villa, and during their trip visited the local primary school, where they made generous donations to the school and children in attendance. During their trip they also kindly gave gifts to villagers in their homes or in their fields -- surprising the locals who were just going about their daily village life.

The guest later thanked the family that runs Gecko Villa noting that "they were really delightful people & the food was fantastic & healthy. Wish I could cook like that!"  At Gecko Villa, Ten said "The guests were very generous and really went the extra mile to ensure that their donations went to those who were most in need. I think their son was very surprised by the difference between his own school and the one in our village. The least I could do to thank them in return was to try to feed them well!"

Many thanks for your kindness - from all at Gecko Villa and from the villagers.