~~ Thailand: April 22- May 8 ~~
I love these flowers!
Wat Pho- The largest reclining Buddha
Ahh....Thailand- for me this was a place to recover, write a conference paper and get a bit caught up (but that is never truly possible- too many ambitious goals for myself!)In addition to working, on Wednesday and Thursday I spent some time exploring the area surrounding Brian's, my uncle-in-law, apartment which I am staying in and saw some of the malls, which are apparently a major attraction due to air conditioning! On Friday, I went to the river to catch a boat to visit the temples, or Wats, as they are called. I started at the Grand Palace, which seemed to be neverending, filled with sparkling gold and buddhas. The Emerald Buddha is located here- he is actually carved out of green jade and was discvoered in Chiang Rai in 1434. It made a few travels before arriving at the current destination at Wat Phra Kaew. I also saw the largest reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, and took a river taxi to visit Wat Arun on the other side. By this time I was utterly dehydrated and sampled some of the amazing Thai food. I love it so much that I decided to enroll in a 1/2 day Thai cooking class! On Saturday I went to the large and overwhelming weekend market where I got lost quite a few times! Besides my cooking class, I mainly worked, slept, and ate (I discoverd the wonderful dessert of Mango and sticky coconut rice!! Mangos are in high season here!) before heading to Chiang Mai to visit Brian over May 2-4.
Cooking with Fresh Coconut - Yum!
The food we picked up at the market
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