My last week & weekend in Thailand was somewhat chaotic and busy as we rushed around this city of 14+ million ppl and spent alot alot of time in taxis in the infamous Bkk traffic, but was also punctuated by the last thiaw I was able to take with some of my Thai friends that I met in St. Louis this past year, who are now back living here. We went to the Ancient City, which is a place that has replicas of all the famous buildings in Thailand all over the country: temples, structures, monuments, and landmarks. It is pretty incredible that they basically re-built these famous structures for Bangkok tourists. The entire grounds is shaped into the shape of Thailand. We rented bikes to ride through & see the different sites, and for a Thai architecture and art-lover like myself, I had a photo heyday. Idyllic.
The old style long boats now only used for very special ceremonies
Sitting old Thai style in front of one of the beautiful temple windows...
Taan and I with the umbrellas famous in "northern" Thailand
A beautiful temple replica, stark white and silver (unusual colors for temples in Thailand)
The three of us (Jin, Taan & me) inside the white temple
Me on my touring bike at the Ancient City complex w/ Taan & Jin
Now Andrew and I are descending into St. Louis (first time ever used free wi-fi on a flight!), our 3rd of 3 flights to get here and I must say we’re pretty glad to be getting back here even despite how hard it is to say all the same goodbyes again in Thailand, not really knowing if we’ll be back there or not. Please continue to pray for us and our calling, as well as our Thai friends who do not yet know the hope that we know.
kimmyskids said,
August 11, 2009 at 12:38 am
How cool to blog from a plane! That is so fun. Thanks for sharing your journey once again. It made summer fun for me by reading all the adventures. I miss it so much, but am trying to stay positive about it all! We will pray for a clear calling one way or another…blurry ones are stressful!
Melanie Currie said,
August 11, 2009 at 4:52 am
Wow, free wi-fi! I needed to have taken advantage of that. Welcome back! I’m sure Thailand misses you. I do too! I’ll be praying for you!
Rachel Fastenau said,
August 15, 2009 at 1:58 am
beautiful pics, becky!