Yesterday, tuesday, was the Queen's birthday. And in honor of her birthday, the day becomes what is known as Mother's day in America, so there all schools took a day off. There are many Thai holidays in which school is taken off. Because there was no school, the group of SMs went to what used to be the capital of Thailand, until the Burmese attacked it and demolished it. It was very exciting for us, we went, just the five of us, on our own and explored Thailand! The day started with the sky-tram and then we went on an hour and a half bus ride. What we didn't know was that the ruins of the old capital were everywhere, they weren't in just one spot. So, when we arrived we had to pay for a tour guide, which wasn't that bad. He was fun and he knew English, which made it easy. His tuk-tuk was very small, but we all fit in... barely. :)
We visited so many temples and ruins. I was so excited! I actually got to see the little buddhas in person, there were so many of them! They outlined the temples, and there was even a huge one laying on its side! It was a very fascinating experience. In fact, when you are in the presence of a buddha image, you are supposed to take off your shoes, which is what we had to do to go in a temple. The buddha in the temple was massive, so massive that my head hurt from trying to look up at it.
Our driver was really great. He swerved in and out of traffic, we often thought that he would run into cars, but he made it by without a scratch (although we all thought for sure that we were going to die). There was a tiny space we thought we weren't going to make it though, but he triumphed and motored on through. It was funny though, the next tuk-tuk driver didn't make it through and got stuck! They couldn't move! It was fun, and it made us thankful that we had our crazy driver.
It was a great day. I got to see so much! The bus ride on the way back was very hot, so hot that I was sweating just sitting in a seat. My face was dripping... it was awful. But it was an experience I greatly enjoyed.
2 comments:
whooaaaa!!! i am glad you did not die. thank goodness for your crazy driver is right! that is so cool how you got to ride in something called a tuk-tuk, (that is like my favorite part, i could say that word all day!) and see all the temples and buddhas! it all sounds so fun. and i am so glad you are leaving blogs all the time! that is such a great idea.
Sounds like fun. I well remember traffic in Bangkok especially smelling all the fumes when you're in a tuk tuk. They like to make 6 lanes out of 4. I don't think I could drive there. I know sweating is a part of Thailand, but remember to try Prickly Heat!!
Love,
Auntie Marcia
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