Tuesday I start my new task of the week and it's to help survey/map the area around Ban Non Wat. We can then establish a topographic map, which can be overlayed with an existing map of the area. This can then also be used to potentially identify future sites for excavations.
Today, Aew and myself are working with Caitlin to fo some of the mapping. This involves the setting up of the machine at a certain point and then using a reflector stick (I'm sure it's not the right naming convention for it) at a certain point, and have the machine read the data off of it and so on and so forth. Not a great explanation, but one you need to live with. It is a hot day out on the rice fields where most of these points need to be taken, so I finally get to work on my tan and I'm delighted we get to play with Walkie Talkies!
Tonight another beautiful dinner, followed by drinks at the pool with the team as we get ready to farewell Cristina and Tip. Cristina is off to two more excavation sites in the south of Thailand. This is also the eve that Maz (Marion) and Sulia join us. M and S were also part of the Nigel's excavation team in Laos and are here for a few days to look at the Ban Non Wat site. Maz is into conservation and works at the museum in Laos and Sulia a budding archaeologist. We heard so much about them from the others in the team, and are very happy to have them here for a few days. They are certainly a fun addition!
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