Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Things learned in Chinatown
2. I am a horrible negotiator
As for the first one it comes out sounding like Par Shar and we all had a good laugh with our new Irish friend Robert for that tidbit of information
For the second... I was finally getting good and learning the ways of negotiating at the
But here is how you do it:
Enter overly crowded market and walk or be pulled into one of the shops/tables.
Me: (Walk into little area with said crap on tables and pick up desired object)
“ooh this is nice”
Sales person
“you like that? I’ll make you a special deal”
Me:
Say nothing and look unimpressed
Sales person: (looks at overpriced price tag and cut 30%-80%)
“Normal price 500, for you… 180”
Me:
Say nothing
Sales person:
“you like? Good price?”
Me:
Say nothing
Sales person:
“ok, how about 160?....150?.....140?)
Me:
Say nothing and begin to walk away
Sales person:
“120… ok 100 final offer”
Me: Walking away
“Thank you, no” and keep walking
Sales person:
“80? 60?”
Me:
Still walking away
Sales person: yelling as I’m walking away
“40? 20?.....”
Had I known this tactic when I first arrived I would have done so much better. But whatever…
It was still great to see people put things in bags that you were just looking at and hand them to you like you would purchase them that much more if it was already in a bag for you. I love it. Chara did not so much. It’s a very tight cramped space with a lot of pushing and grabby people all around you. My camera died earlier that day, so I don’t have pictures, but I’ll get some from Ryan and post them.
We went out for this great tea after that. The tea is awesome. Its just normal tea, but very strong tea, like the espresso of tea, mixed with condensed milk and its just really good. It makes me wired. I love it. And the guys have this cool way of making the milk foamy buy pouring it from one cup to another but at arms length. So imagine you have one up you are holding above your head and the other you hold at your knees and you pour the milk in between them. The guys are skilled and make some mean tea.
Ben….
To The BAT-tu Cave!
So I haven't yet seen the new Batman movie (very sad), although I could have bought the DVD of it for 10 ringit at the Chinatown market the other night.
We did however visit the Batu caves while in Malaysia and they were amazing. The long stairs that lead up to the caves are quite something. Not for the faint of heart.
We did however visit the Batu caves while in Malaysia and they were amazing. The long stairs that lead up to the caves are quite something. Not for the faint of heart.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
I Heart KL
ok Malaysia Rocks
or rather at least KL (Kuala Lumpur) thus far...
the city is beautiful, modern, and the people are wonderful
We made a friend on the plane on the way to Malaysia. Ryan and Holly being the smart people they are, were speaking their Thai to one of our flight attendants. Finally partway through the flight he informed them that he was not Thai, but rather Malay and had no idea what they were saying to him. We made freinds and he actually drove us to our hotel and showed us the train system (which is awesome). We are having dinner with Elmie tonight i think.
Yesterday Kia Ming took us around KL and downtown areas. we checked out a local arts and crafts type of center and took the train all around town and ended up at the big twin tower buildings, as seen in Entrapment. There is a LARGE mall near it where we grabbed some lunch and walked around. At night we met up with Sivin Kit who is our main contact here and had an awesome group discussion with him and a great group of people on the Emergent Church and varying topics around such things. It was really great.
Today, most of us are well, Holly and Chara are still getting over whatever it is they all had. The food here is better in that there is at least a variety and its not all one thing. We visited Sivin's church BLC (Bangsar Lutherin Church) which was really great. We got to share about our experiences in Thailand and got to hear from Robert who is from Ireland and his experiences. Overall it has been a great experience thus far.
Later today we might hit the Batu(sp?) caves and then Chinatown and hang out with our new friend Elmie for dinner and such. Should be a great time.
so far we love Malaysia and KL. The city is great, the people are great and i wish we had more time here. Maybe we'll be back to visit.
Ben...
or rather at least KL (Kuala Lumpur) thus far...
the city is beautiful, modern, and the people are wonderful
We made a friend on the plane on the way to Malaysia. Ryan and Holly being the smart people they are, were speaking their Thai to one of our flight attendants. Finally partway through the flight he informed them that he was not Thai, but rather Malay and had no idea what they were saying to him. We made freinds and he actually drove us to our hotel and showed us the train system (which is awesome). We are having dinner with Elmie tonight i think.
Yesterday Kia Ming took us around KL and downtown areas. we checked out a local arts and crafts type of center and took the train all around town and ended up at the big twin tower buildings, as seen in Entrapment. There is a LARGE mall near it where we grabbed some lunch and walked around. At night we met up with Sivin Kit who is our main contact here and had an awesome group discussion with him and a great group of people on the Emergent Church and varying topics around such things. It was really great.
Today, most of us are well, Holly and Chara are still getting over whatever it is they all had. The food here is better in that there is at least a variety and its not all one thing. We visited Sivin's church BLC (Bangsar Lutherin Church) which was really great. We got to share about our experiences in Thailand and got to hear from Robert who is from Ireland and his experiences. Overall it has been a great experience thus far.
Later today we might hit the Batu(sp?) caves and then Chinatown and hang out with our new friend Elmie for dinner and such. Should be a great time.
so far we love Malaysia and KL. The city is great, the people are great and i wish we had more time here. Maybe we'll be back to visit.
Ben...
Thursday, June 23, 2005
There is truly something beautiful...
about a country where you can walk into the pharmacy and get whatever you want...cheap...
so the thing about anti nausea pills is that you have to take them, and then not throw up for about a half an hour for them to start working.. quite a catch 22.. seriously this trip has been all about the puke..
i'm all better now. or at least mostly better.. but for now i'm sticking to toast and rice..
so we leave for malaysia in about 3 1/2 hours.. i can't tell you how excited i am to get on another air plane..
so the thing about anti nausea pills is that you have to take them, and then not throw up for about a half an hour for them to start working.. quite a catch 22.. seriously this trip has been all about the puke..
i'm all better now. or at least mostly better.. but for now i'm sticking to toast and rice..
so we leave for malaysia in about 3 1/2 hours.. i can't tell you how excited i am to get on another air plane..
mmm mmm good
As the girls are laid up in bed and i am considering if the hospital would give us a good deal on a group rate for the four of us so we can all get well.
anyway, our new best friend ever, Phil, who lives in the same housing complex has delivered to us the greatest thing ever invented for the sick person
Bless you Phil. You are a great man.
anyway, our new best friend ever, Phil, who lives in the same housing complex has delivered to us the greatest thing ever invented for the sick person
Bless you Phil. You are a great man.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
and the last one falls...
so it started with me getting sick, then it went to Ryan. Holly decided to top us both and make it all the way into the Phuket hospital while Chara thus far has not been ill... (and taking care of the rest of us i might add)
until tonight...
the mighty have fallen
the taker care of the sick has fallen prey to that which she said she would not
poor chara
until tonight...
the mighty have fallen
the taker care of the sick has fallen prey to that which she said she would not
poor chara
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
20 chickens
so one of the great lessons learned on this trip has been:
check your culture at the door and leave your expectations behind
As chara mentioned in a previous post, the Thai culture is very different from ours and very relational in nature. They love visitors, and would love to just sit and talk with anyone who walks into their village/restaurant/etc.
while we are helping out with tsunami relief it is hard to reconcile our own American goal driven culture of getting things, done, seeing results against a culture that would almost rather you just hang out with them. They all long to learn and practice English with those that would sit and talk to them. This is great as they are also very helpful at allowing us to practice our Thai with them.
that said, learning Thai is interesting. Learning it is difficult, yet seems to be coming along quite well. That said, we walked into a restaurant the other night for our usual: Gai gap kaao nieow (chicken with sticky rice).
as we walked in a group of three guys told us to join them for dinner. We were ordering the food to go, as we had to bring it back to the house for the sick ones in our group. So after we ordered our food we went and sat with the guys. They welcomed us to sit with them and were so happy to have us sit and talk with them. We practiced our Thai with them as they practiced their English with us. Only one of them spoke English but he was so nice. Ryan and I practice our Thai. Ryan is much better than I. As we were trying to say how old we were, Keun a-yu tha-arai (how old are you?). I said, yee-sip gai (20 chickens) instead of yee-sip gao (29). I'm still learning my Thai numbers.. obviously...
to that end, we all laughed. The Thai people have some really great aspects of their culture that I wish we had in ours.
Ben...
check your culture at the door and leave your expectations behind
As chara mentioned in a previous post, the Thai culture is very different from ours and very relational in nature. They love visitors, and would love to just sit and talk with anyone who walks into their village/restaurant/etc.
while we are helping out with tsunami relief it is hard to reconcile our own American goal driven culture of getting things, done, seeing results against a culture that would almost rather you just hang out with them. They all long to learn and practice English with those that would sit and talk to them. This is great as they are also very helpful at allowing us to practice our Thai with them.
that said, learning Thai is interesting. Learning it is difficult, yet seems to be coming along quite well. That said, we walked into a restaurant the other night for our usual: Gai gap kaao nieow (chicken with sticky rice).
as we walked in a group of three guys told us to join them for dinner. We were ordering the food to go, as we had to bring it back to the house for the sick ones in our group. So after we ordered our food we went and sat with the guys. They welcomed us to sit with them and were so happy to have us sit and talk with them. We practiced our Thai with them as they practiced their English with us. Only one of them spoke English but he was so nice. Ryan and I practice our Thai. Ryan is much better than I. As we were trying to say how old we were, Keun a-yu tha-arai (how old are you?). I said, yee-sip gai (20 chickens) instead of yee-sip gao (29). I'm still learning my Thai numbers.. obviously...
to that end, we all laughed. The Thai people have some really great aspects of their culture that I wish we had in ours.
Ben...
ben and chara flying solo
today was a good day.. kinda... it started out with holly being really sick, and needing to be taken to the hospital... ben and i decided last minute to go off on our own.. and thankfully our new friend phil hooked us up with a wonderful woman named kim, who allowed us to help her and her great program 'step ahead'.. so we drove up to kaolok and helped out with some data entry... which seems weird, but that's the help they needed.. kim shared her tsunami story... kim is from virginia... and has been in thailand for many years (15 i think).. she has been in bangkok, but drove down to phang na the day after the tsunami hit.. she helped with translation in the hospitals, and body identification... she's a wonderful human being.. and it was great to work along side her today.. the area where we helped out lost 10,000 people to the tsunami.. you can see some of the damage from the pictures.. it's crazy.. there has been so much rebuilt. but there is so much to do.. it was great to help out today.. hopefully they will need our help tomorrow.. now that they are aware of my mad data entry skills..
it's been a long day.. we did go to see holly.. who is feeling much much better.. she looks great.. it might be the flu.. but they are keeping an eye on her in case it's something worse.. hopefully by tomorrow she'll be feeling good enough to come home..
i would diagnose it as just a flu.. but you know those crazy dr's.. they always want to be extra cautious..
it's been a long day.. we did go to see holly.. who is feeling much much better.. she looks great.. it might be the flu.. but they are keeping an eye on her in case it's something worse.. hopefully by tomorrow she'll be feeling good enough to come home..
i would diagnose it as just a flu.. but you know those crazy dr's.. they always want to be extra cautious..
Monday, June 20, 2005
Wish me luck
so i've driven here for a while
driving on the left side of the road is not that strange.
it actually kind of feels natural.
the turn signal and windshield wiper being reversed still thows me a bit but its ok.
but now we just rented another car that is a manual. So now i have driving on the left, siting on the right, shifting on the left, turn signals on the right...
wish me luck
Ben...
driving on the left side of the road is not that strange.
it actually kind of feels natural.
the turn signal and windshield wiper being reversed still thows me a bit but its ok.
but now we just rented another car that is a manual. So now i have driving on the left, siting on the right, shifting on the left, turn signals on the right...
wish me luck
Ben...
culture clash
so i'm realzing some of the differences in our culture vs. thai culture.. thai culture is a relational culture... where more of a difference is made by hanging out and making connections.. i come from a goal oriented culture.. where i want to see goals met.. the two are not meshing well.. i'm only here for three more weeks.. and i want to see results.. projects completed.. thai people want to take us to lunch.. it's all very interesting...
holly is super sick today... ryan has taken her to the hospital.. so ben and i are on our own to find projects to do.. we are on way to kao lok to volunteer with a progam called step ahead.. so much to do.
holly is super sick today... ryan has taken her to the hospital.. so ben and i are on our own to find projects to do.. we are on way to kao lok to volunteer with a progam called step ahead.. so much to do.
Things you see at breakfast in Thailand
Things you see at breakfast in Thailand
there was a lady in the chair on the right laying out and listening to headphones
she did not notice the elephant until it was right in front of her.
it was quite amusing to watch.
there was a lady in the chair on the right laying out and listening to headphones
she did not notice the elephant until it was right in front of her.
it was quite amusing to watch.
Friday, June 17, 2005
water water everywhere..
the boat ride was actually awesome.. except for the moment i did get hit in the head with a bag of puke..
the boat ride started off fine.. really easy.. no big deal.. once we hit big open water.. we hit some big waves.. everything on the deck was getting wet.. so we had to take our stuff and put it downstairs.. downstairs on the boat was a little dramatic.. from where we were, with the waves crashing, it looked a little like we went under a couple of times.. so ryan turns to holly and says "i love you".. cause at that point he is sure we are not going to make it.. we soon decided to go upstairs and out on the deck.. our reasoning was that if the boat were to go under.. we would atleast be able to swim for it.. the deck is drentched.. we are drentched.. at that point we decided to sit down, and hold on for the ride... and just get wet.. now people are throwing up.. one guy throws up into one of the bags provided.. instead of throwing away, and completely unware of this thing called physics, he throws it up in the air.. and of course this bag hit me on the head on it's way into the water. not a smart guy.. but i bet he was feeling pretty bad.. and not thinking clearly.. so i forgive him.. my hair was thankfully puke free.. so now throw up guy is at it again.. and we all move to the other side of the boat.. where ryan and holly are lauging at me.. and i can't quite figure out why.. finally.. holly informs me that i do have puke on my shirt.. great.. good thing i'm wearing two shirts.. so the top shirt comes off.. and now i am puke free.. soaking wet.. in a little tank top.. now i'm guessing it's a good thing the puke guy puked on me.. because i don't mind puke as much as the next guy.. i don't love it.. and i'd rather not be puked on.. but if it's going to be anyone, it should be me.. if holly or ryan were puked on.. they would have been at the back of the boat with ben.. wishing they were dead..
so.. other than that bit of fun.. the boat ride rocked.. huge waves.. and it was so warm outside.. we were sopping wet and it didn't matter.. i'd go on a boat ride like that anyday..
so ryan and holly.. next time i have puke on me... just let me know..
the boat ride started off fine.. really easy.. no big deal.. once we hit big open water.. we hit some big waves.. everything on the deck was getting wet.. so we had to take our stuff and put it downstairs.. downstairs on the boat was a little dramatic.. from where we were, with the waves crashing, it looked a little like we went under a couple of times.. so ryan turns to holly and says "i love you".. cause at that point he is sure we are not going to make it.. we soon decided to go upstairs and out on the deck.. our reasoning was that if the boat were to go under.. we would atleast be able to swim for it.. the deck is drentched.. we are drentched.. at that point we decided to sit down, and hold on for the ride... and just get wet.. now people are throwing up.. one guy throws up into one of the bags provided.. instead of throwing away, and completely unware of this thing called physics, he throws it up in the air.. and of course this bag hit me on the head on it's way into the water. not a smart guy.. but i bet he was feeling pretty bad.. and not thinking clearly.. so i forgive him.. my hair was thankfully puke free.. so now throw up guy is at it again.. and we all move to the other side of the boat.. where ryan and holly are lauging at me.. and i can't quite figure out why.. finally.. holly informs me that i do have puke on my shirt.. great.. good thing i'm wearing two shirts.. so the top shirt comes off.. and now i am puke free.. soaking wet.. in a little tank top.. now i'm guessing it's a good thing the puke guy puked on me.. because i don't mind puke as much as the next guy.. i don't love it.. and i'd rather not be puked on.. but if it's going to be anyone, it should be me.. if holly or ryan were puked on.. they would have been at the back of the boat with ben.. wishing they were dead..
so.. other than that bit of fun.. the boat ride rocked.. huge waves.. and it was so warm outside.. we were sopping wet and it didn't matter.. i'd go on a boat ride like that anyday..
so ryan and holly.. next time i have puke on me... just let me know..
I wished I were dead...
So as several people on the boat swore we were going to die, I was wishing it were so...
To begin, I get seasick on boats. That said, the boatride out from Phuket to Phi Phi was great. I took a Dramamine which I am not sure I even needed, stood outside on the boat and just rocked back and forth with the waves and was totally fine.
to contrast this... I took a Dramamine for the boatride on the way back, which I should have taken the whole box... and well, yeah, it did not go as well as the boat right there.
12 foot swells, 3+ hour boatride back to Phuket, lost feelings and control over both my hands and feet, drenched in salt water, blacking out at moments, and finally puking my guts out 80% of the way through the trip (I almost made it)
I have been seasick before, but this was something else entirely. Seriously, I wished I were dead. That would not have been so bad. I welcomed the sweet kiss of death at any moment during that trip.
all that said, Phi Phi island is seriously the most beautiful place on earth I've seen. It was amazing how and what the tsunami did to that place. I'll post more about that later.
to sum up... big waves + small boats = a bad time.
Ben...
oh and Chara got hit in the head with a bag of puke. I'll let her tell that story.
To begin, I get seasick on boats. That said, the boatride out from Phuket to Phi Phi was great. I took a Dramamine which I am not sure I even needed, stood outside on the boat and just rocked back and forth with the waves and was totally fine.
to contrast this... I took a Dramamine for the boatride on the way back, which I should have taken the whole box... and well, yeah, it did not go as well as the boat right there.
12 foot swells, 3+ hour boatride back to Phuket, lost feelings and control over both my hands and feet, drenched in salt water, blacking out at moments, and finally puking my guts out 80% of the way through the trip (I almost made it)
I have been seasick before, but this was something else entirely. Seriously, I wished I were dead. That would not have been so bad. I welcomed the sweet kiss of death at any moment during that trip.
all that said, Phi Phi island is seriously the most beautiful place on earth I've seen. It was amazing how and what the tsunami did to that place. I'll post more about that later.
to sum up... big waves + small boats = a bad time.
Ben...
oh and Chara got hit in the head with a bag of puke. I'll let her tell that story.
Volunteering on Phi Phi
We headed off to Phi Phi island for a couple days to work with HI Phi Phi (help international).
Phi Phi island is an amazing place that was devistated by the tsunami. The way the island is layed out it has this amazing strech of land that is surrounded by beach on both ends and it got two sets of waves that came through from both ends that completely demolished everything in the middle.
We took a boat out from Phuket to get there. It takes a couple hours and the boat ride there was great. The boat ride back was not great at all.
We arrived and signed up with Hi Phi Phi and began work on one of thier projects. because both waves came through it destoyed almost all the vegitation in the area. we worked with a group to help clean up the beaches and help plant a garden.
the experience was great. the people we met and worked with were awesome. We are planning to come back here and spend a majority of our time if we can. This is a great place that needs a lot of help. Thankfully they are getting a lot of volunteers from all over showing up to help.
see some of the pictures below. I'll add more soon.
Ben..
Phi Phi island is an amazing place that was devistated by the tsunami. The way the island is layed out it has this amazing strech of land that is surrounded by beach on both ends and it got two sets of waves that came through from both ends that completely demolished everything in the middle.
We took a boat out from Phuket to get there. It takes a couple hours and the boat ride there was great. The boat ride back was not great at all.
We arrived and signed up with Hi Phi Phi and began work on one of thier projects. because both waves came through it destoyed almost all the vegitation in the area. we worked with a group to help clean up the beaches and help plant a garden.
the experience was great. the people we met and worked with were awesome. We are planning to come back here and spend a majority of our time if we can. This is a great place that needs a lot of help. Thankfully they are getting a lot of volunteers from all over showing up to help.
see some of the pictures below. I'll add more soon.
Ben..
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
what i've learned
six days in thailand and i have learned a couple things:
1. thai people don't use top sheets.. they use fitted sheets, but no top sheet.. we bought a 4 piece sheet set we assumed it came with a fitted and top sheet.. we were wrong.. it comes with a fitted sheet and three pillow cases.. no sheets for us..
2. sticky rice rocks
3. the ever patient ben has a limit.. it' after a 17 1/2 hour day.. don't talk to him.. he's going to bed..
4. thai people are really very nice..
5. if some one says they'll be there at 9am monday it means they'll be showing up around 6pm tuesday..
6. i am no longer afraid of flying... flying in an airplane is much safer than driving on the streets of thailand.. lines in the streets are just suggestions.. no one really pays attention to them.. there are no speed limits, and thai people drive around like crazy on little motorcycles with no helmets.. we see entire famililes (along with the family dog) sharing a motorcycle..
7. thai pancakes are my new favorite thing (aside from sticky rice).. we found them once, and have never found them since.. i cannot wait to find the pancake lady.. the pancake lady puts something that looks like green playdough in them.. on one hand i'd like to know what the green stuff is.. on the other.. knowing what it is might take the joy out of eating the pancake...
8. tropical island = very very hot
9. BYOT (bring your own toliet paper)
10. even thailand has a walmart.... here it's called tessco lotus.. (and we've been there twice)
1. thai people don't use top sheets.. they use fitted sheets, but no top sheet.. we bought a 4 piece sheet set we assumed it came with a fitted and top sheet.. we were wrong.. it comes with a fitted sheet and three pillow cases.. no sheets for us..
2. sticky rice rocks
3. the ever patient ben has a limit.. it' after a 17 1/2 hour day.. don't talk to him.. he's going to bed..
4. thai people are really very nice..
5. if some one says they'll be there at 9am monday it means they'll be showing up around 6pm tuesday..
6. i am no longer afraid of flying... flying in an airplane is much safer than driving on the streets of thailand.. lines in the streets are just suggestions.. no one really pays attention to them.. there are no speed limits, and thai people drive around like crazy on little motorcycles with no helmets.. we see entire famililes (along with the family dog) sharing a motorcycle..
7. thai pancakes are my new favorite thing (aside from sticky rice).. we found them once, and have never found them since.. i cannot wait to find the pancake lady.. the pancake lady puts something that looks like green playdough in them.. on one hand i'd like to know what the green stuff is.. on the other.. knowing what it is might take the joy out of eating the pancake...
8. tropical island = very very hot
9. BYOT (bring your own toliet paper)
10. even thailand has a walmart.... here it's called tessco lotus.. (and we've been there twice)
Settling in to Phuket
We are settling into our house in Phuket and had to make a couple trips to local wallmart, named Tesco Lotus. This place is huge!!! We needed a lot of basic stuff for the house, as it was empty...
we are settled in now, and plan to head around the island to begin helping out with various projects and tsunami releif groups.
Of course first, i have to get over being sick. I always get sick when i go on vacation because my body knows its ok to relax and get sick now. Like clockwork. Anyway, i am VERY sick and trying to get over it quickly so i can get going on all the things we want to get going on.
We finally got internet in the house which was an ordeal all its own.
The thai people are all very nice and we are having a good time (minus the sick part)
Ben...
I was going to upload some video, but our high speed internet is anything but high speed so we'll see if i can or not. For now see the pictures here and on the Sharp's Blog
we are settled in now, and plan to head around the island to begin helping out with various projects and tsunami releif groups.
Of course first, i have to get over being sick. I always get sick when i go on vacation because my body knows its ok to relax and get sick now. Like clockwork. Anyway, i am VERY sick and trying to get over it quickly so i can get going on all the things we want to get going on.
We finally got internet in the house which was an ordeal all its own.
The thai people are all very nice and we are having a good time (minus the sick part)
Ben...
I was going to upload some video, but our high speed internet is anything but high speed so we'll see if i can or not. For now see the pictures here and on the Sharp's Blog
Second day in Bangkok
got up early to hit the Chatuchak market (see couple of pics below) before we hit the airport for Phuket.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
First Day in Bangkok (see pictures below)
Our first full day in Bangkok found us traveling about the city and exploring its many wonders.
We visited several Wats including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho…
Several shops and city sidewalk vendors…
And the snake farm and zoo.
The highlight of the day for me was a fun boat ride in the rain through the canals of Bangkok
The highlight for Chara was of course the Thai massage. She promises/threatens to be back every day of this trip.
Tomorrow we hit some markets and then we are off to the airport to head to Phuket.
Here are some more random pictures taken throughout the day.
One night in Bangkok.. is more than enough… Ryan and holly did a great job showing us around.. it is super hot here… I’ve taken two showers tonight.. we can’t wait to go to Phuket…
We miss you family and friends… thanks Whilhot’s for the typhoid stuff.. we finished it off here.. it worked perfectly.. sorry we didn’t get to say goodbye the night before we left.. things were a bit crazy.. but we’ll see you in a month.. you guys will love it here..
Lisa.. hope the piggies and puppies are getting on well..
We visited several Wats including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho…
Several shops and city sidewalk vendors…
And the snake farm and zoo.
The highlight of the day for me was a fun boat ride in the rain through the canals of Bangkok
The highlight for Chara was of course the Thai massage. She promises/threatens to be back every day of this trip.
Tomorrow we hit some markets and then we are off to the airport to head to Phuket.
Here are some more random pictures taken throughout the day.
One night in Bangkok.. is more than enough… Ryan and holly did a great job showing us around.. it is super hot here… I’ve taken two showers tonight.. we can’t wait to go to Phuket…
We miss you family and friends… thanks Whilhot’s for the typhoid stuff.. we finished it off here.. it worked perfectly.. sorry we didn’t get to say goodbye the night before we left.. things were a bit crazy.. but we’ll see you in a month.. you guys will love it here..
Lisa.. hope the piggies and puppies are getting on well..
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Friday, June 03, 2005
5 days left
5 days till we leave for Thailand
so much to do
so little time
I'm getting excited, Chara's getting freaked out
so much to do
so little time
I'm getting excited, Chara's getting freaked out
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