Wats and Song Taus

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MY first week in Thailand is almost over and things are going wonderfully, the Jetlag never hit, the group is amazing and the girl who disappeared last night came back unharmed. We have not started our regular classes yet, instead this first week there were extra language classes and we had lectures on Thai Culture, Lanna Architecture, and Buddhism. The language classes do not seem very hard when I am in them but remembering the words in deceivingly difficult because the sounds are so strange.

While the classes and lectures take up much of the time we have still been able to squeeze in a couple nights of dancing a Hike to Wat Doi Sutep(11km uphill) and a couple trips to town for fittings at the tailor and assorted shopping sprees. Yesterday we all hopped on a tour bus, which was decked out with a lounge and purple leather to tour some factories, including Silver, Gems, and Ceramics. And one more thing, the food….is AMAZING.

Peace.

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Photos

Silverwork
This was made from one piece of silver and took about three years to make.

Riding A Song Tau
Hanging off the back of a pickup, taxi's Chiang Mai style.

The Doi Sutep Elephat
He wasn't to happy to be chained up :(

Hmong Children
Their clothes are hand embroidered in the traditional Hmong manner.

Comments

[Thia]

thank you
Love being able to be updated on your adventures. Great to see pictures and read your impressions. Big hugs, Thia