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.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hopefully a quick one because I am paying for this by the minute

SOOOOOO much has gone on since we last met here in cyber space. I have been traveling for the past three days and it has been wonderful! We left at 8am sunday and this is the first time I have had to sit since then. We have been sitting on the bus but it has been watching movies talking or getting to know each other more in the group which I can tell you is really good. I had a lot of first impressions of these people that have been blown away and I am getting to know myself more by learning more about these people. It is always a learning expereince.
We went to a bunch of temples and very interesting museums as well which has been fun. The first day we were in sukkothai and woke up the next morning to bike around the ancient ruins of the city. We went to a Chetti in Pitsanulok as well and stayed there last night. The hotels we stay at are super nice and as soon as we get into the hotel every day we get into our swimsuits and jump right into the pool! It is so nice and refeshing. I have taken a lot of pictures and hopefully I can share them with you all too. We are now in loppuri (i spelled that wrong I am sure) and it is a city renoun for its infestation of monkeys. We went to a chetti today and the monkeys climbed all over us and tried to eat bugs out of our hair. A weird expereience that I labeled "a once in a lifetime experience that I will pass on if I have to do it again". The monkeys were dirty and that is the reason why I would pass haha. Tomorrow we go to the ancient capital of Siam called Auyttaya which is supposed to be fun and we are taking a boat cruise with karaoke and crazy dancing all night long. I am excited for the days to come. After that we head to Bangkok and then to Koh Chang for spring break. I am not sure how often I can update this so don't be alarmed if you don't hear much....
Aubs

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