more on Thailand....

so, we left Thailand today, it broke my heart.
I LOVED it.

While we were in Phuket we stayed in some villas built into the jungle and it felt like we were on the jurassic park ride at universal studios when we took the mini car to our villa. Definitely made us feel like we were in thailand.

We got back from Phuket and went to another temple in bangkok, this time there were not really any other tourists which was a big plus. We got to walk around through most of the sanctuary and saw the places where the monks would live. Every buddhist man at age 20 is supposed to live in a temple for 1-3months to learn buddhism. The day we were there they were having a ceremony for the "graduated" monks, so that was very cool to see. Also, monks aren't allowed to touch or be touched by women, which obviously tempted me to see what would happen if i just happened to bump into one..... ;)

the next day we went to the chatuchak market which was so big and so cool to see. each vendor had something different, and even if it was the same product they were unique styles. i bought some handmade silk, it is pink w/ blank elephants on it, and it's going up in my house next year for sure... so hopefully my roommates will like it.

Later that night we went to an area called si loam and walked around Lamphini park. the park was really beautiful and it was different than any american park because it had what looked like a playgroud for adults, but it was basically an outdoor gym for them to work out... and there were a lot of thais using it.

in the afternoon kylee & i went and got a traditional thai massage... which was probably the best and weirdest massage ever. for $20 you get 2 hours of twisting and stretching and massaging every muscle on your body... even your kneecaps, and i had such a hard time controlling my giggling... especially since at one point i was completely raised off the ground. crazzzy.

We went to the si loam night market and went to a little thai restaurant/bar and had some beer and thai food for our last night in bangkok. kylee and i tried the Chang beer, a thai beer and lucky for me, Thais love heineken and consider it a local brew so i got one of those also. on our way back we got caught in a downpour & had to sprint to the metro, where adam told me and kylee he wanted "To Bang Sue" ;) a joke that no one will get until i can upload my pictures.

in conclusion, i love thailand and i have a ton more stories & memories from the trip to share.