Blogs from Saraburi, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

...even mijn dag schema vervolgen: als ik thuis kom doe ik eerst mijn was met de hand, en strijk daarna mijn costuum daarna is het zowat sabaai sabaai = relax. Maar deze week was een oom van mn gastmoeder gestorven, dus moesten we vanaf woensdag tot zaterdag savonds naar de tempel. daar moet je op de grond op een speciale maar zeer vervelende manier op de grond zitten, terwijl de monniken iets onverstaanbaar zongen, wat een pijniging. zaterdag was de echte begrafenis ceremonie, de doodskist werd 3x rond een tempeltje gedragen, daarna werd het in de tempel gelegd, die ook dienst doet als oven voor de kist. Iedereen kreeg een bloemetje om op de kist te leggen, en na dat gedaan te hebben werd er een souvenier aan de mensen gegeven. Ik had nog niet vermeld ... read more

It’s been 2 weeks now, since I left London. I’m still trying to get used to the heat the rain and the amount of food mommy has been eating...(not much space for me to do some exercise anymore.) It's still raining and doesn’t seem like it’s going to stop anytime soon. Our ranch, near Khao Yai national park, is now under water. I've not yet got a chance to visit the place. I'm so looking forward to it. Near our house in Saraburi, some of houses are having trouble with water. Since the rain hasn’t stop after 4 days of heavily pouring, some of houses in the same street are (kind of) under water. Grandpa said we’ll be fine because our house sit higher than the main street level, unless the water comes from the river, ... read more

Dear daddy, Thank you for calling!!! It meant sooooooooo much to me....... I arrived at grandma and grandpa yesterday at about 4 p.m. Thai time. We took a taxi from the airport which cost 2,000 baht. (60 baht for £1) People are driving in the same side of the road as in England. The journey from the airport was not too great. It was just too hot and the taxi driver was blah-ing all the way. We drove pass a lot of weird looking buildings and there were a lot of motorbikes everywhere. Couple of times I was amazed seeing 4 people on those tiny little vehicles. It took about 1 and a half hour to get to my grandpa and grandma’s house. They were so surprised seeing mommy and I. Grandma ran from the house ... read more

Well actually I lied because I meant to say that I would do one other post to catch everyone up to today. This will be about thing done since I have arrived and a bit about the culture. So thursday then. No water. Tom took me around the school and showed me many of the buildings - where he had class, where he studied, etc. Also got to eat in the cafeteria and really enjoyed the food. Weird though, they eat nearly the same kind of food for every meal. At home we are used to having distinct types for each meal but here I cannot tell the difference between any and all include rice. It is however a very healthy kind of eating. Rice is the base for all and of course lots of spices, ... read more

Sunday night I left the US for the first time since 2003 and again crossed the world; this time to Thailand. I left Sunday night, arrived Wednesday afternoon.... a long flight. With spirits high, I hopped a plane from Seattle bound for a 14 hour flight at 1:30AM. Tapai, Tawan was the next stop and from there strait to Bangkok. On neither flight did I sleep much, maybe 3-4 hours off and on but it was comfortable and there were personal screens on which to watch movies or shows of my choice. I finally got into Bangkok at 1:30 in the afternoon and went through customs and immigration then went outside dreading what I would face... taxis. I was not looking forward to jumping into one of the craziest cities in the world on my own ... read more