Days out

On the 6th of December Alex and I traveled to Lop Buri to meet up with our friends Tori and Grace. Lop Buri can be described as a place overrun with monkeys. As we were walking round on our way to the market we were attacked. They stole our bag of food and proceeded to try and steal my suitcase - thankfully it was way too heavy!

After a stroll around the market (which we had to pay extra for cos we're farang *) we went to the train station to get a train to Tha Ruea - where their project is. This cost only 6฿! The market in Tha Ruea is right by the train station so we went there to pick up some dinner.

The next challenge that we faced was that our only forms of transport were our legs or the two bicycle's that Tori and Grace owned. So we attempted to ride two to a bike - with me carrying my suitcase.

We managed for about 2 minutes.

Thankfully some of their students (they teach in a secondary school too) saw our struggle and helped us. We each got on one of their bikes whilst two of them rode the bicycles!

The apartment was really cute. There was a living room with a TV and DVD player (luxury), a kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms which were decorated with Tori and Grace's pics from home.

That evening a Thai girl came round to talk with us. She regularly visited Tori and Grace to try and improve her English. She is a law student in Bangkok.

We spent the next day browsing the shops in Tha Ruea before travelling back to Lop Buri where Nune's family came and picked us up!

December 10th

On the 10th of December we spent the day out with Nune and her family. We went to visit Sam Chuk Old Market in Suphan Buri. Whilst we were there we went on a boat trip to some sort of oldish model village which was amazing!

Alex, ,me, Bam (little girl), Noi, Ma and Pa

After walking round the market for a couple of hours we hopped back into the car and drove to a little aquarium!

December 13th was our last day with our host family. We had dinner with Nune and Bam, Noi drew a picture for us and Pa dedicated a song to us on stage. I felt pretty emotional.

On the 14th we moved into our own house! This was extremely exciting! This would be the first time Alex and I didn't share a room since coming to Thailand. 

In the morning we ate breakfast and got ready for school as usual. After breakfast we had photos taken with the family outside their home. They then gave us flower garlands (like the ones given to us by the school). This was so amazing and I was very close to tears! We then paid respects to the grandmother (we kneel on the floor to do this). 

After some more hugging and saying goodbye we went off to school.

I'll update you about the house in the next post!

*Yes, lots of places in Thailand - especially touristy places charge foreigners a higher price than Thais. Personally, I'm okay with this as Thailand does rely on the tourism industry. However, it makes me think. If this was done in Britain there would be angry outcry's at this form of racism. Is this racism?