The 19th of July was Alex's birthday - luckily this corresponded with a Buddhist holiday, meaning no school!
On the 16th Alex and I traveled to Bangkok and hang out at MBK before meeting Grace and Tori and going to the hostel. The hostel we stayed in was brand new and not too far from MBK. I was drew the short straw and was in a separate dorm to the others. At the hostel check in we met with Katie and Mariah.
Then, something very strange happened. It turns out the hostel owner (who checked us in) used to work at the same school that Tori and Grace work at now! He knew some Project Trust volunteers who were there a few years ago. At first we didn't believe him, but he soon started describing the school and showing us pictures. It was undeniable! He had been at the same school!
Anyway that night I decided to stay in and make the most of the comfy bedding, wifi and air-con that I had in the dormitory.
The next day I visited Bam's university and got to see his friends. I don't know if they expected to see me or not but they seemed surprised when I walked in - and of course I had photos taken. The class was really cool. It was just a catch up class so the teacher was talking to students one by one. So, the rest were singing into the microphone, taking pictures, talking and dancing. It was awesome.
When Bam was done with class we went to go get lunch. He ordered a dish called Kao Soi for me and it was freakin amazing! It's a dish that is from northern Thailand and is basically just noodled and meat but with a kind of creamy sauce. It was so delicious! Afterwards, we went downstairs and watched a singing competition, some of the kids singing were only about 5 years old and singing English songs such as 'Can you feel the love tonight?' in amazing voices!
After Bam collected his bag from his house we parted ways - he went to Nakhon Sawan whilst I went back to the hostel.
After waiting at home for a couple of hours I met everyone else and we went out and ate dinner at a pretty nice restaurant. We all decided to order in Thai and practice our Thai skills. The waiter was pretty impressed and asked us all to come back tomorrow :)
Afterwards we went back to the hostel and got ready to go out. Of course, we went to Kao Sahn Road again. We ended up in a bar where we played connect 4 and stoked the little dogs that were running around :) So cute!
On the 18th we visited MBK for lunch and then walked to Siam Paragon to go to the cinema to watch The BFG. It was okay, but I have to admit - I did fall asleep!
After this, we picked up our bags from MBK and got the BTS to Victory Monument before walking along to the van station. I think the ticket sellers were pretty surprised when 6 farang girls turned up wanting to go to Nakhon Sawan.
We had to wait over an hour for the bus and the 6pm one was full up. Thankfully, we were given a place to sit and wait.
We arrived in NS around 11pm I think. We walked to Sophie and Ronah's house. Ronah was already in bed but Sophie was still awake.
Whilst the other were getting ready for bed, Sophie and I cycled to 7/11 to get some food.
The next day I felt really ill for some reason. This meant I didn't get to go to slip n slide with everyone else. Needless to say, I was pretty upset. Slip n slide looked liked a water obstacle course - right up my street. Also, it was Alex's birthday, I wanted to celebrate with her!
Anyway, the others left and it was only Katie (who had just got a tattoo) and I left in the flat. Here we stayed until about 4pm when the others returned. Thankfully, by this time I was feeling a little better and I was able to come out for a meal with everyone.
We went to a restaurant called Burger Lab where they made amazing burgers! After this, we went to a cute cafe. This was a bit of a let down. We arrived close to closing time so they didn't have everything we asked for. To be honest our experience there was quite stressful as we were rushed to finish quickly. It seemed to be that we were the only table to be rushed, none of the Thai people were.
Anways, we walked back home and talked before going to bed.
On the 20th we returned home to Uthai Thani, of course the bus didn't stop at school like we had asked. Instead we drove past our school and got off at the bus station, where we had to pay for a tuk tukk to drive us back to school.
When we arrived at school we barely recognised it, everything looked so beautiful for the princess' visit tomorrow!
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