A Great Mid Term Break
Saturday, October 24, 2009
So on our last day of classes before the midterm break our school had a fun day. We had been doing "literacy week" and had a bit of a dress up party on Friday to culminate it. Jasmine and I dressed up as football (soccer) players as that is what the year 3 class was studying all week. There was all cooking, Alladin, and food options, but we chose football. It was quite a fun day, and the kids all looked great.
Once the day was over, our week off "mid term break" began. We had decided that Bangkok would be a wonderful option for a few days, since it was close, cheap, and unexplored to this point. We and a group of friends stayed on Khaosan Road and enjoyed hanging around and exploring Bangkok. The shopping is incredible, and cheap, the food is very good, and the sights are amazing. Jasmine and I went on a boat ride around a Bangkok village that has roads made of water. It also has a floating market, many cool houses, many shanty town houses, and a cool spot where you can feed some fish. You throw bread into the water, and these huge fish come by and eat it. The size of these fish was amazing to say the least. We also saw the Kings old palace and the largest Buddist temple in the world. (We didn't go inside this time, but we will next time). We had a great time with our friends Rich and Claire, James and Lesley and Vicky. In Bangkok they have "Tuk Tuks" which are little motorized taxis that will take you anywhere. Since we were only there for three and a half days, there was much more to see. We are hoping to go back soon. Oh, we also found out that we missed the ATP Asian open tennis tournament by a week or two, so we will definetely be looking for that next year.
Once we got home we were quite tired (or Knackered as our English (Thanks Claire!) and Welsh friends would say) so we just relaxed for a few days back in Pattaya. We headed to the zoo, but on the way it began to rain really hard, so we stopped in a mall till it stopped. When it did stop the rain was making its way to sewers at a rapid pace and the street we were on was jam packed and flooded.
Nevertheless we made our way to the zoo, where we had a great time. It cost us each 3 bucks to get in, and they had an amazing display of animals. Lions and tigers and bears (don't say it). Gorillas, monkeys, porcupines, elephants, birds of all kinds, exotic animals, crocs, and many more. Jasmine and I went on the night safari which is where they take you on a tram and shine lights on the animals in the open so you can see what they are doing (apparently animals become more alive at night). I loved it. I don't think you can every really outgrow the zoo. We didn't take a lot of pictures because it was quite dark, but here are a few.
The next day, we had a lot of fun just hanging around Pattaya. We went and played Badminton, which I have not played for at least ten years, and man did my butt ever hurt the next day. We also went to Pizza Hut and enjoyed a pizza, bread sticks, and some pop. Pizza hut had a promo on that day. It was a pizza with a bunch of toppings. Fish, Squid, Shrimp, and other such vulgarities that do not belong in pizza. Have a look at the pic and tell me if that looks appetizing to you. We passed. Thanks anyway Thailand Pizza Hut.
All in all, a very restful and relaxing week. Oh, and during this week my Broncos won again to go 6-0, and my Oilers beat James Canucks 2-1 so it was a great week. Jazzy and the girls got their hair chemically straightened, we watched a movie (Law Abiding Citizen) in a theatre, and we had a wonderful incident with the Thailand police that worked out well in the end. So we are rested and ready to get started back at school for six weeks until our Christmas break, where we get three glorious weeks off. Beautiful. Thailand Beautiful.
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