Wat Salapoon School is funded by the Thai government and therefore is quite well equipped. Because the school is in a poor neighborhood the students are quite poor. However, they are developing world poor as compared with third world poor. Most of the students were dressed in the uniform of the day, of which there are at least three. One of the evidences of their financial situation is lack of good dental care. While medical care is universally available dental care is not. I now see quite a few people in Bkk with braces on their teeth but that is only among the more well to do.
Perhaps I'll return to Ayutthaya and Wat Salapoon next year.
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