About the trip:

I am studying abroad in Thailand for the Spring Semester of my Junior year at Gustavus Adolphus College! It is so exciting to have the opportunity to go on the trip and experience Amazing Thailand.
Please leave me a note or tell me about life back in the U.S.! I will try and update this as often as possible so that everyone can know what I am up to.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Catching up...

So much has happened in the past few weeks I can't believe I am almost at the end of my time at this island! I am in Koh Chang right now which is an island in the southern and eastern part of Thailand. Amazingly we might be the only Americans here. There are a lot of european and australian tourists and some thai. It is so fun to amaze the thai people here with our use of the language and our understanding and they love us for it! We are having a great time!
In Bangkok we went on a river cruise looking at the great hospital, where the king is, the floating market, and general life for the people along the river. It is a great way to see the city and it makes for an inexpensive cab ride as well. We went to grand palace for a while and it was the most incredible place I have seen thus far in Thailand. It is beautiful and also taken care of very nicely. It is also home to the emerald buddha which is beautiful but kind of small. After that we took a cab to the bus station, a five hour bus to trat ferry station, a cab to the ferry, a ferry to the island and another cab to our hotel. We were so glad to be off any sort of mode of transportation. We stayed at this hotel for two nights that wasn't on the beach or near one so we switched to the one we are at now. Yesterday we went snorkeling all day on this big tour boat and the guys loved us so much because we spoke thai that they let us jump off the top of the boat into the ocean all the time! It was so fun and the water was so clear and blue. Today because of the incredible burns on my back from snorkeling...we are staying in the shade, maybe kayaking, maybe hiking to a waterfall. We will see what happens i guess. Tomorrow we are going back to bangkok to see the wat of the reclining buddha which is the largest in the world and a better tour of the floating market and possibly the flower market which is world renoun. Then we fly back to chiang mai on thrusday night and leave friday morning for the village for three weeks....I know busy right? If you have any questions ask because I am not sure how in detail to write because i can't pick and choose what to write about.
Loving Thailand everyday more,
Aubs
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  1. LaceyMarch 28, 2010 at 9:35 PM

    tell us as much as possible about your 3-week stay in the village before you go b/c i know you won't be online. im glad to read that you are having a great spring break!

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