Today was the first day that I felt like I was actually in Thailand- We were tourists! We didn't have to think- or cry about the amount of schoolwork we had/have to do, or the 92 kids names I need to learn..etc. etc. The school took both the foreign department (us) and the thai staff on an outing. It was amazing!
Unfortunately I will have to buy a new camera soon :( Grrr.. the charge on my camera died early this morning so I only got a few pictures in-- and at that they don't give the scenes justice.
We went to 3 temples and down a river (to be VERY brief). The architecture is AMAZING. the views are BEAUTIFUl! the people are SO kind... and the history is RICH!
My favorite view of the day... besides hoping to see GIANT fresh water eel and seeing lots of turtles and snakehead fish instead-- was seeing a buddha head that had grown into a tree! (see below). During the burma war-- when Burma was in thailand fighting, they chopped off the heads of many buddha at a great palace. One of these has got éaten up ' basically by a tree..and it's amazing.
The day was wonderful, complete with a river ride on a two story ship down the river ..with an AMAZING buffet (definitely not going to loose weight in Thailand!) complete with on board karaoke, we did a trio singing a Britney Spears classic and 'Show me the meaning of being lonely...''ha ha ha. it was HILARIOUS-- but the Thai people LOVE Karaoke! I also enjoyed lounging on the upper deck in 41 degree weather.. that's 41 DEGREES CELSIUS-- not including the humidex. AHH. it's amazing.
School has been going okay, though it's VERY very busy- and regular classes begin this week. I teach gr 5 and 6 (P 5 and P 6, I have 4 different classes I teach)--and I teach 5 classes per day.
Yawn, I'm getting tired of next week. Here are a few highlights from todays outing--until my camera died, I will upload some one elses' pics this week.
I'm off to finish off my fresh fruit smoothie (literally almost a half a pineapple and strawberries... YUM!)-- for 66 cents.
ps. the girl in the photos with me on the prior post is Lindsay my apartment neighbor and good friend from Winnipeg.
Enjoyed our photos and blog.
ReplyDeleteGrandma and Grandpa
great blogging! Ask Jessica about the best position to be in when you have gas. You can tell her Jethro and Melanie were wanting to know. Also ask if it is a good plan to be in that position when you are in prayer time with a large group. We hope all is going well.
ReplyDelete