Father's Day

Father's Day in Thailand is the celebration of the King's birthday.  And for this holiday, Leah and I enjoyed spending it with one of Leah's students, Peer Pat.  He rented a huge van and took us to a few of the closest national parks, but this took ALL day.  

We started the day off early by waking up at 530.  He picked us up at 630 and we drove for a few hours to some of the most beautiful waterfalls I have ever seen.  We hiked down to the waterfall and got in the water.  It was amazing!  The water was really cold, but it was still fun to get in.  We hiked further through the valley.  Peer Pat and his cousin helped us along 

the way when we couldn't make it over the high rocks or wide spaces.  I had such an embarrassing moment: I was walking along the rocks in the water, and I fell smack on my butt!  I was wearing white pants, so they became very translucent... I was so glad I had a sweatshirt I could tie around my waist!!  

Our second walk was also fun.  We walked through some kind of bamboo forest and then

went rafting on a bamboo raft!!  The water was very calm, so it wasn't a very exciting rafting trip, but was calming and beautiful!  We had some cow pot guy(fried rice with eggs).  Then, we drove another few hours to another beautiful park.  This one had funny looking rocks and Indian art.  There was also a fault line, it was pretty cool.  I was so glad, and the weather was amazing.  There was a constant cool breeze, it felt like the perfect autumn day.  

Our last stop was at Ubon's most beautiful place.  It's the first place in Thailand where you can see the sun rise.  It was amazing!  We were up on a cliff, over looking the river that is the divider between Laos and Thailand.  It was so beautiful.  We also had dinner, which was

amazing!  I felt like I was at home with how much I ate.  There were so many dishes with rice, soup, vegetables,

and chicken... I had a feast.  Those poor guys, they must have thought of me as a pig! Oh well, I was hungry...