Stephilynn

Im getting very sad that my trip is winding down, however..it will be very great to see everyone at home! Okay, so the last week has once again been action-packed with new experiences and beautiful scenery. Hopefully, I'll remember the highlights enough so you can get the basic idea. After returning from the south, we had enough time to meet the new KEI students that just arrived here and take them out in the city then sleep for a few hours before catching a very early flight to Chang Rai, one of Thailand's northmost cities. From there we went to the Queen's palace which was not all that impressive, but she had a HUGE garden with millions of beautiful plants and flowers. All of this with gorgeous mountains in the backdrop. Then we went to have ... read more

I love Thailand! I just got back from the best weekend I've had yet. This weekend was the holiday of Buddha's enlightenment so we got off Monday and Tuesday. On friday night, me, my roommates, and a bunch of other international kids went to a place called RCA. It is a street lined with dance clubs. It was so fun hanging out with kids from Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and of course U.S. The next day we spend shopping at JJ Market and I finally got the rest of everyone's souveniers..I think. Then we also went to Siam Paragon for the sole purpose of getting Subway. Sunday morning we woke up, headed to the train station, and took a very scenic four hour ride to Kanchanaburi (north of Bangkok). I've never been on a long train trip ... read more

Hey Everyone! I've been meaning to write more just never seem to find the time. This past weekend we ventured to our first movie since arriving in Thailand. Very close to where I work their is a place called Central Pinklao. It has an amazing mall plus theatre. We saw "Silent Hill" which was gratefully in English with Thai subtitles. Oh yea, get this: it was four american dollars. woo hoo! Also, I had only heard of this tradition until the movie; before certain events like movies, athletic events, and so on, they play a film clip and national song to honor his majesty, the king. Everyone stands up in complete silence for the duration of the heart-warming film. It was pretty cool. I couldn't quite picture Americans supporting our President in the same way...too bad. ... read more

I'm sure none of you would ever expect this from me... but the first free weekend, just guess where I went?! yea, the beach. It was incredible. We took a three hour bus ride to "Huan Hin Beach" The ride there and back cost 7dollars. Yea, doesnt get much better than that. We stayed in a family guest house/hotel. They took such good care of us. I continue to be amazed of the hospitality of Thais. Well the beach was very pretty, but the water was what I loved. The ocean felt like bath water it was so warm. I couldnt believe it. We spend hours and hours just bobbing around. These random locals gave us a free ride on a banana boat, so that was exciting. Then we went out to their night market. It ... read more

Sorry this isn't very up-to-date. It took a while to get my computer hooked up to the wireless network! I miss everyone at home so much and it has only been a week and a day! But so far on my trip.... I went on a canal tour on this crazy small boat with my four other roommates and our guide, Boon. He is extremely cool and is only 19 so basically doesn't go by the rules the organization gives him, nor does he try and stay in budget when he takes us out. So this of course makes everything way more fun haha. But back to the canal, we stopped off at a few different places along the way. One was a Lotus garden. Very very pretty. Another stop was a fruit farm and this ... read more