Wow, what a place!

Wow!  I cannot believe what I have experienced in the past 24 hours!  A group of us rode the skytrain into inner city Bangkok.... that along was an experience.  The train goes through the streets and gives you the opportunity to laugh at the traffic below.  After the fast skytrain, we went for some scrumptious mexican food in the mall and waltzed down the streets admiring the cheap stands with "hot" items for sale.  

The thing about Bangkok, as I have come to conclude after only my first week here, is that you really shouldn't be frightened when you slowly realize that the man you have been staring at for the past five minutes is a woman!  Haha!  It's been hard for me to distinguish which is guy or girl in these situations, but I figure practice makes perfect, and in due time it will become easy for me to make these distinctions.

Anyways, we went shopping in the markets of Bangkok and also observed amazing paintings in an art gallery!  The night was so beautiful, and it was fun. Michael, Leah and I walked around and had a blast!  And today is another story- school is not in session for me on Fridays, so the group of us went on a day tour and visited the outskirts of Bangkok.

There were so many sights!  We saw elephants up close and personal.  I never realized how dry and prickly they are, but the baby ones are so adorable!  Their ears are huge, but I learned the hard way that if you stand next to it trying to pose for a picture, you will get smacked in the head with their ear!  It's not the best thing to get smacked in the head with, they kind of smell.

We also went to an elephant show, it was quite amusing, so was the crocodile show.  Thailand is turing out to be a very interesting place... The people here are nice and friendly, they are always smiling... it makes it feel like a home away from home.