We joined a group of BYU teachers for a trip to Thailand. One of the most favorite places we have visited. It seemed like we were back in U.S. with so much English on the signs and regular western beds and toilets (in many places)!!! Small things have become to mean so much!!!
Our firs stop was Bangkok, home to 8 million.
A group of Soldiers were marching out of the Royal Grand Palace former home of the Royal Thailand family. Visiting dignitaries still stay on the grounds. Many formal government activities are held here still. There are places mere tourists can not enter. The Thai people love their King. It is a monarchy similar to Great Britain. You see pictures of the King everywhere.
Temple Wat Pra Kaew a famous Buddha Temple with much gold inside the King's palace.
Here lies the BIG gold reclining Buddha, she is large and in charge in this room. (which she is it?)
Chris giving the guard a few tips on how the police in the U.S. do it along with the protective dragon of the temple.
Another Buddha inside one of the temple rooms. There were monks in this particular room doing some chanting.
One of the means for taxi service in Thailand. Sahweeet!
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Canal tour with houses and a barge passing by our boat and Chris feeding the catfish. Not really any water I want to jump off the boat to go swimming in! This is what the boats we were on looked like with huge diesel engines ending with a propeller that was on a long rod on the back of the boat.  Next stop on the river Chao-Praya is the "Temple of Dawn" a white temple of the dock of the river.   As we exited the boat I saw very interesting fruit that looks familiar. I was told it tastes like pears. I loved seeing this little girl asleep in her car seat with her doll. Couldn't resist the picture.  |
This is really high and is under renovation as you can tell. We weren't able to climb very high but the workers were hanging off pretty high in the air with no tethers.
There are so many inlaid tiles and glass it was very colorful and had been very carefully built.
Our trip across the river on the boat had us joining a monk.
In the evening, a dinner show with native Thailand dancing, story telling and live music. We had no idea what was said, but it was beautiful!
February 2, 2016
We loaded narrow long ended canoes and were taken down canals where people live in stilt houses on the banks of the waterways as we journeyed our way to the floating market. It was very fascinating; I felt like I had gone back 100 years to a time where we would raise our own food and barter for our needs.
Here is a lady doing her dishes with river water
Reaching the floating market. Anyone for fresh squid with your coconut ice-cream?
Selfie with our guide driving our little motorized canoe. the floating market was a maze of commerce with traffic jams of vendors and tourists vying for position.
This was a great little day of gazing into how simple life is for many people
on the earth. It made me become introspective about how many things I
need to simplify in my life. Keep it simple, don't over do.
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