Blogs from Chiang Mai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 14

Last night I was able to sleep the whole night through! I woke up at 6:45am still feeling tired, but at least I got some sleep. My body is slowly adjusting to the time change. The weather is really nice in the morning and evenings, but the afternoons are very bright and hot. Breakfast this morning was a rice and chicken soup, fried dough with a sweet glaze, and a banana. The banana’s and clementines here taste different than what I’m used to. Its probably because the fruit is fresh and they don't use pesticides.The fried dough is called “bunny bunny" and tastes like funnel cake. After breakfast we joined the Thai nursing students for morning ceremony, which felt like a mix between Messiah’s chapel and summer camp morning meetings. Everyone stood in lines and repeated ... read more

January 6th WHOA. Today was our day to relax, however, we went all over the country (or that's how it seemed). After getting a full 4 hours of sleep (thanks jet lag), we woke up to an amazing breakfast of pork barbecue on a stick and sticky rice. I'm not one for morning meat, but I'd definitely eat that again and again. After breakfast, we ate lunch. FOOD ALL THE TIME. We had pad thai and mango and sticky rice with coconut milk on top. There was also coconut juice that was dyed blue from flowers. It was absolutely beautiful. (And Hope, if you're reading this, the pad thai was actually my favorite and it wasn't super peanut-y--you would have loved it and I thought of you the whole time I got the second helping.) After ... read more

Sawasdee kah, Last night I woke up at 4:30am and could not fall back asleep. Greg said that’s just jet lag and it should get better. I hope he’s right because I need to sleep so I can have energy. Today was a very busy and tiring day. I visited the Doi Sutep temple, Royal gardens, and the Red Cross Winter Festival. I tried a lot of new foods, and I enjoyed most of them! For breakfast I had fried garlic chicken and dumplings which were delicious. For lunch we ate out at a food court. Brielle and I split a noodle chicken stir fry and two fruit smoothies. Then all of our Thai buddies started bringing us different foods to try. I tried a fried banana, mango sticky rice, and shaved ice with gelatin pieces ... read more

Today I got up around 9 am and went down to eat breakfast. We ate pork and sticky rice which was delicious! After breakfast I got ready and went down to spend some time with my Thai buddies: Noon and Jha. We spent time getting to know each other and I asked them a lot of questions about school and about life in Thailand, and about their families. They both told me they are only children and throughout the day I heard a lot of the Thai buddies talking about how they are only children too. I think this is an interesting feature of their culture because in the United States it can be somewhat uncommon to find a family with only one child. After talking the Thai buddies left and we went down to eat ... read more

Hello, Today was our first full day in Thailand. We woke up and ate a traditional Thai breakfast, which included pork kabobs, purple sticky rice, and fruit. In Thailand breakfast foods are no different than lunch and dinner foods. So pork, chicken, beef and rice are all fair game. After breakfast our buddies met up with us, and we had some time to get to know one another. The biggest “challenge” right now is communication. Oil and Nu don’t know much english and I don’t speak much Thai. A lot of laughter and smiles have been exchanged when we can’t understand one another. This helps to keep the mood light and fun. For lunch we had Pad Thai, green papaya salad, coconut rice with fresh mango. It was delicious! My favorite meal so far. the words ... read more