My Weekend-Part 1
Well, not surprisingly, my weekend turned out quite differently than originally planned. That seems to be typical of life in Thailand. My friend Kwan had planned to take me south to Surattanee Saturday through Monday. However, her friend, with whom we were going to stay, was unexpectedly called off to his government job even further south. So we were left with no place to stay.
Friday night I stayed with Kwan at her apartment, and Saturday morning we headed for Pattaya, a popular beach destination a couple hours outside of Bangkok. First we stopped at Underwater World, a marine life aquarium, where we saw all kinds of unique aquatic life.
Grrrr! Look out!:)
My dear cute friend Kwan--she's the one who makes me act 20 years younger than I really am.:)
I took a video of a fish feeding taking place.
After we finished touring the aquarium, we took motorcycle taxis to a nearby beach. I should have taken a picture of our chairs. Truly Thai beaches have umbrellas completely covering the sand, and you rent a section to sit under. Since Thais don't like to get sun (dark skin is undesirable), beaches are more places to relax in the shade of your umbrella, eat, and socialize.
If you do happen to like the water, there are water sports or you can simply jump into the water fully clothed. I wanted to at least get my feet wet, so here's proof I was actually at the beach.:)
I managed to persuade Kwan to dip her feet in the water, but not for long.:)
We didn't get home till after 8 pm, but we somehow felt tired and went to sleep before 10:00. I stayed overnight at Kwan's place again before heading home today about lunch time. As I walked in the door, Ruung practically attacked me (OK, that's an overstatement) and wondered where I'd been and if I'd have time to teach Gop English, so I agreed to teach him for an hour before I wanted to unpack, then get ready for a wedding at The Well at 4 pm.