Riding "Nana" the Elephant!
Floating/swimming down the river Kwai - so refreshing!
The next day we went to ride the elephants then float on a bamboo raft down the river Kwai. Elephants were fun to ride. At one point our elephant trainer got off and let us ride on the shoulders - quite a bumpy ride there! On the raft we could jump out and swim, the river was very refreshing on the 90degree day! After this adventure we went to the Bridge over the river Kwai built during WWII. We were able to walk across it - very neat. Two trains a day still use this bridge. To finish off this amazing day we ate dinner on a floating open air dinning hall while a boat pulled us up and down the river. After supper it turned into a dance club! A great day to end orientation!!
The Japanese train used in WWII on the Bridge over the River Kwai.
Us on the floating dinner hall/dance club.
The day after we rode back into Bangkok to meet our school coordinator. Our school coordinator, head of English department, is abroad right now so the assistant head of dept. picked us up and brought us to our new apartment in the providence of Nonthaburi. She also treated us to supper near our apartment. We are in the city center of Nonthaburi and close to downtown Bangkok - very different from our house back home! Our school is very close to us and we are on a very busy street. We go to our school tomorrow to meet the assistant director (principal) and get our curriculum.....and we get a fridge tomorrow - yay!
Today we were able to venture our on our own to a Big C Store, like a Wal-Mart, to get things for our apartment. We were also able to do laundry - but no dryers so we hang our clothes on our little patio to dry. Pictures of our apartment coming soon...
Have you experienced Montezuma's revenge yet?
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haha lucky no! Food here is good but differnt, and the teacher from our school has been great about showing us good non-spicy food. Also the food stand near us has been great to us :)
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