After arriving in Bangkok a taxi drove us to a hotel and we settled in for the night. The hotel room was clean, cleaner than I had expected. We did computer stuff and went to bed. The next day we went to JJ Weekend market. It was jam-packed with people. There were so many stalls that they had to move everything into sections, and I think there were about 24 parts! We only went to about six of them, and we were their all day! And they had EVERYTHING. From coconut drinks to buddha ornaments, from dresses and shoes to carvings from bones. Mom and I looked mainly for dresses, because in Uganda we have to wear dresses and the boys have to wear pants. I got two dresses and LOVE them (I guess that sounds really girly). Mom got a new hat, Dad got a watch and Birch got great ear-buds. And not to mention how in-expensive everything was! If you divide the number of bahts (their dollar) by thirty it comes out as how much it is! For example, 450 baht divided by 30 is 15 dollars! It's also good math, although I haven't moved on to the thousands yet. There was a sad part about the market, though. All over Bangkok there are . . .
stray dogs, and on our hotel's street there are at least fifteen. Sometimes the people who live there feed them, but sometimes I can't tell whether or not they are fat or just hairy. Anyways, at the market there were some people selling at least ten dogs each, all of them cute and playful, only about three months old. Although they are cute, I realized that after those who haven't been sold get old and stop being cute, the people just throw them onto the streets to become strays. The next day we did a temple walk, wearing appropreate clothing. Pants at least to your knees and at least short sleeved shirts. The day after Mom and Birch did a Thai cooking class while me and Dad ate the food they cooked. Then we flew to Chang Mai, where we were gonna have the high-light of our Thailand trip.
Yours,
Allie
Yours,
Allie
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