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Published December 18, 2008, 12:00 AM

Thailand trip adventure


Siblings Eli and Hannah Noser, left, and Brandy Dopkins pose next to a painted elephant artwork in Bangkok, Thailand. Hannah, 19, is an English teacher at a mission school there. Submitted photos

  • Siblings Eli and Hannah Noser, left, and Brandy Dopkins pose next to a painted elephant artwork in Bangkok, Thailand. Hannah, 19, is an English teacher at a mission school there. Submitted photos
  • Thai women bring fruit and other products to market by boat in crowded Bangkok.
  • This is a typical Bangkok street, according to Eli Noser. It was a fun place to visit, he said, but noise is intense and there’s a lot of pollution.
  • The streets of Bangkok are lined with beggars. Brandy Dopkins bought meals for them during her 18-day visit there.
  • A Buddhist monk finds a resting place along a Bangkok street.
  • Brandy Dopkins and her brother Eli Noser, a Hudson Middle School eighth-grader, ride an elephant.
  • Brandy Dopkins and Eli Noser, standing, are glad to be back in the USA — and in the office at Faith Community Church, where both Brandy and her mother, Kristi Noser, seated, work.