
Some of Mara's Thai students at the first Global
Community College in Nong Khai, Thailand

From the left: Susan Place, professor of human geography
at Chico State University; Hong Sunee, Thai secondary school English teacher;
Mara; Pranee, Thai American human ecologist. We taught together at the community college.

More teachers at the college: Samran, Jim Clark of
Denver Colorado; Hong Sunee in traditional dress; Mara; and Ann Figueroa

Mara giving out a perfect attendance award to an
outstanding student

Two of Mara's students in traditional dance costumes

One of Mara's students, Rut, with her mother and older brother,
both of whom were undergoing Buddhist ordination

Mara and her three children atop an elephant in India.
Can you find Mara?

Enigmatic English sign in a shop in the Himalayan
foothills. What does it mean?

Mara in front of the Taj Mahal

Two adorable Tibetan boys in the Himalayas. Mara's Thai
students, when shown this photo, thought it was an ad for Coca Cola!
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