April 11: Chiang Mai

Fyi: Our last two posts (April 7-9 and 10) have also recently been updated.

Today taught us what it is like to be flexible when traveling. We got ensnared in very heavy traffic in central Bangkok and some of us did not make our flight to Chiang Mai. Half of the group was able to board the flight and the other half needed to wait a bit. Luckily, the airline company was accommodating and we were able to board the next available flight, whew!

Our group was reunited in Chiang Mai and we went to cooking school. We had a lot of fun and learned to make delicious stuff! We ate something called "a thousand year old egg." The egg had black yolk and tasted like a regular egg but salty. The teacher said the egg was cooked with ashes then they added salt and kept it for over 100 days.

They taught us how to make tom and yum soup, spring rolls, green curry with chicken, pad Thai with tofu and last but not least, steamed banana cake. All of the food was really good. We were surprised how easy those items were to make!

We learned how to shop for our food at the market.

~Thai Orchid Cookery School~

Teamwork goes a long way!

Quickly becoming a pro! Amberley attended cooking school in Peru. Perhaps becoming a chef is in her future plans. 

 

 

 

We had a lot of fun at the cooking school. Don't be afraid to ask us to cook for you when we get back!

 

 

We are looking forward to going elephant trekking tomorrow. Have a good day!

 

 



April 10: Bangkok

Hello! (THIS POST WAS UPDATED- CHECK THIS OUT!)

Today, we visited the Grand Palace, Ayudthaya and Khao San Street in Bangkok. Tomorrow, we are flying to Chiang Mai and will be there for a few days.

We were happy to see that Tyrel Wilding arrived safely.

Guess who Tyrel brought with him?!?!?

(Or who kept him company when he was lonely on the way over here)

Traveling is not all fun and games. There's a lot of time spent waiting around and that's an unavoidable part of traveling. However, we know how to have fun while waiting!  We are looking forward to seeing what the day will bring us.

 

Our room in Bangkok

Tour guide taking a picture of Tyrel in front of a carving of Buddha.

Us- a complete group!

The head of Buddha fell down due to a bad storm and then a tree grew around the Buddha Statue's head. The name of the temple that we visited is the Wat Mahathat Temple in Ayuthaya.

We toured temples today.

 

Our drivers- we had cool transportation!

We ate from some street vendors. Delicious!

 

What... Bugs, scorpions and frogs? What for? Dinner???!!!!!

Tyrel bravely ate a scorpion and other local delicacies.. They were definitely chock full 'o protein!

 

 

 Cheers from Thailand!



April 7-9 Bangkok, Pattaya & Ko Larn Island

Greetings from Thailand!

Getting access to the Internet has been a bit difficult but we hope for more smooth sailing from here on out. We are having a wonderful time so far and we have adjusted to the change in time zones.

Here are some pictures with brief explanations for your enjoyment:

We were really happy to arrive Bangkok and we were all very tired! We met our tour guide and our friend, Jay Bunnag at the airport.

 

 

We visited the Floating Market and enjoyed our lunch there.

 

 

We toured the 3-D Painting Museum

 

Unfortunately, the sponsors realized Thailand was not for them and decided to go to Venice, Italy. We are confident that the students will be just fine by themselves :)

(The 3-D painting museum in Thailand was really cool!)

 

We enjoyed a wonderful view of Pattaya!

 

 

 Enjoying seafood at Pattaya Beach

 

 On the boat to Ko Larn Island - To enjoy one of Thailand's wonderful beaches.

 

 Ko Larn Island 

 

 

We have traveled back to Bangkok to pick up Tyrel Wilding (See April 10th).