The Adventures of Thailand

So I can't remember where exactly I left off on my last blog. Basically, my last week in Sydney was spent finishing papers, laying on the beach, and shopping at the market. On Friday, my housemates threw an awesome 90's party as a farewell. It was honestly one of the best parties ever. My housemates and I each dressed up as a spice girl (I was sporty spice). We played games, and danced to 90s music all night long. The night just got better and better. We had Peter Pan, Monica and Bill, Aladdin, Smurfs, etc. Then the next night, a wonderful chocolate cake was made, and we were able to pass around each others pictures from the semester. The next morning I caught a flight to Bangkok to meet with my parents.

My mother cried when she saw me. Really. From then, we went to a real authentic Thai place for dinner. The sushi was really good, but I am not too sure about the rest of it. I'll stick to my pad thai thank you. The next day, we went to the Temple of Dawn, the Grand Palace, etc. We saw a golden buddha, an emerald buddha, a lying down buddha. So many buddhas. But it was all very pretty. Then we went to the Jim Thompson house (an American who brought a silk technology to Thailand but then disappeared). Our last stop of the day was a jewelers where we got to see how they created sapphire and ruby jewelery. My dad probably would have been happier not stopping there. i found a beautiful Thai silk dress though.

The next day we were in Ko Samui, a Thai island. There we saw a pretty gross mummified monk. It was cool but I definitely could have done without it. We also saw how they taught the monkeys to get the coconuts from the trees. Then we headed to an elephant place. They gave us fresh coconuts to drink. I wasn't too fond of it, so I gave my coconut to the baby elephant instead. She liked it. They had this cute little baby elephant show where they danced and did tricks and played soccer. I enjoyed it. Unfortunately it was raining all day so we were not able to do much shopping.

We had a day at sea and then landed in Singapore. Singapore was amazing. I had no idea how clean and modern it was. It is a beautiful city. Wonderful architecture. We spent the day going around the city by subway, trishaw, and water taxi. We were able to go into another buddhist temple and a Hindu temple. The day ended at the Raffles Hotel, (Raffles colonized Singapore) where we were able to drink a Singapore Sling. It was delicious and very refreshing. All in all, I enjoyed Singapore. Tomorrow we are at sea, and I need to do some studying. Next stop, Semarang, Indonesia.