Floating market boat tour

I was trying to take a lovely photo and Adam made a mockery of me.
Cleaning off my foot, see picture below.


This picture should have been before the other picture but this was me after I clumsily tripped and stepped into the muddy water. everyone was laughing at me. Stinkin Asians

This is me eating a palmello


People lived in these houses on the river.
There were so many fish, if you were standing close you would get splashed because they would jump.
This was us on the boat.
These little kids in their underwear were jumping off the train tracks into the disgusting water

What a day

This morning I opened one of Adams e-mails that said we were awarded a scholarship that he applied to so long ago. I had even forgotten about it, but it will help us so much, we are so excited.
So that was some great news.
So we walk outside and I try to avoid the nasty dogs as usual, but this time one of the dogs were following us I was trying to not act scared Adam told me to just ignore it, but then it started to growl and bark at us. I have a huge fear of big dogs just ask my sisters, and dogs from Thailand are even worse because they have got some major diseases. I grabbed onto Adam, and he was about to pretend to kick it so it would go away but the owner of the dog called it and he left. So now I am even more afraid of these dogs.
Then as if that weren't enough we were walking to the 7-11( a daily routine for us) and a huge rat runs right in front of my feet almost grazing them. Good thing these people don't speak my language because I said a few choice words. And that is what a day is like in Bangkok.

Trip to Cambodia

Here are some of pictures of our trip back to Adams mission. It was so fun to meet all of his mission friends. I couldn't believe how poor everyone is. And how they live everyday. It was a real eye opener and made me feel so grateful I am American.
I felt like a celebrity there, except without the perks of being gorgeous and having alot of money, but they stare at you so much and don't stop staring. And let me tell you if you are ever having a low self esteem go to Cambodia they will tell you you are beautiful even if you don't do your hair, have massive amount of zits from the climate change, and are sun burned. They were always telling me how beautiful I was. Adam was told he was handsome as well.
There was some crazy stuff too, if they have a mole on their face they never trim the hair on it. It is like good luck! And at restaraunts the waitresses watch you eat they just stand around and watch in case you need anything.
We had so much fun. Although I could never live there, it's crazy how nice it was to come back to Bangkok, it felt like home coming back to our apt.

We met up with Adams old mission companion who was their from Chicago, It was such a coincidence that they were there at the same time. It was so fun to hang out with them, we went go carting.
Here is a mean monkey we saw in the park, There was another one that was running around hissing. I started to runaway because I was so scared.
Here is a close up on the pigs in the barrel, I just couldn't get over it. The man liked how I was taking pictures he was smiling.
We found this nice restaurant and when we got in found out it was a thai restaurant. Kind of funny we had just left Thailand.
There are kids walking all over on the roads with cars zipping by and they are barefoot. Its so sad. I saw a toddler on the street too I couldn't believe it.

Trip to Cambodia

I could not believe how much trash their was all over the place, it made Bangkok look clean.
This was the bathroom in the hotel, the shower sprays all over the whole bathroom, it was so skinny we both couldn't even stand in there. Adam is spraying off his dirty feet.
This man is shipping pigs in this barrel. Yes those are pigs.
No tissue, no sink, no soap, not even a squirter in this one (not like I use them anyway) this is how most of the toilets look. And that is why I carry tissue and hand sanitizer with me.

This was at an intersection, That scooter has three adults and a tiny baby on it. Car seats ...these people would mock us. I saw people holding newborns on these scooters, and believe me I never even felt safe, I can't imagine holding a baby on them.

Our trip to Cambodia

Cambodia was so fun but so poor, I felt bad for the people. I wish I could be like Angelina Jolie and adopt them all if only I had enough money to pay for nannies and a house keeper I would.


The food off the streets was not my favorite but they did have some good restaraunts that I really enjoyed.
We got a couples massage. It felt nice, except we both had sun burns after the first day so that kind of put a damper on things.
We rode around on a motto (skooter) and the traffic was insane utter chaos Adam drove just like one of the locals. This picture is mainly to assure our parents we wore helmets.
This lady was like Adams mom on his mission. She was so nice. I just loved her she made us dinner and was so excited to see Adam. I hope to see her again before we go home.

Teaching English

So I had a couple of interviews and I will have a class set up for me to teach soon. There will be around 6-7 kids from what they told me. I am excited I hope I do a good job! I will let you know more on this as I get more info!

This is one of the places we eat at every night, we have gotten to know some of the cooks, its fun they know what we want to order and how we like it.
At church, oh its nice to go to church I look forward to it every week. This week we went to the Cambodian ward so Adam translated for me, he loved speaking with the people and it was fun listening. The Cambodian girl that took this picture didn't really know how so she got more of the ground then the church.
This was at the weekend market, it has everything here from clothes, to decor, to food. It was very fun but very crowded as you can see.
This was in one of the cabs we were riding in. I wonder if the cab driver has had problems with this before.
I just had to take this picture, there are dogs all over just lying in the middle of the street. They are so gross I try to avoid them at all costs, I do feel bad for them but from a distance.

Living and eating in Bangkok

This is a park called Chatuchak Park. The lady who took the picture kept saying cheese! She loved it, if people can speak English they like to talk to you.
Ok I don't really wear make-up here so just look past that. This was at a street cafe.
Our favorite dessert, well they don't really have many desserts here. But this is so good, sticky rice and mangoes. We eat it every night.
This is the alley outside of our Apt. They don't really have many garbage cans here. I am always looking for one, I usually end up holding garbage in my hands until I get home.
We saw this the other day, here we have clothes hanging to dry normal right? but next to it we have meat hanging out on the line. I had to take a picture.

Feeling happy about life

So I was having a bit of a culture shock for this first week all I could think about was I have to live in this polluted, crowded place for four months? But I think I am getting used to it all because I am starting to love it. The food is so good to me now because I have branched out and tried new dishes, and I am getting used to how the people are and instead of getting annoyed with them starring or talking about us I just wave and usually they wave back. I am having such a good time! And I am happy for this sudden attitude adjustment because this is such an adventure and I am grateful we get to have it.

More random happenings in Bangkok

These are Elephants playing soccer, most of them scored goals it was so fun!
Here are the elephants putting on their little program, they danced too.
Here is what riding the bus looks like.
Yes, it is real and he is putting his whole arm in his throat and if I was that crocodile I would want to bite it off, how annoying.
Here is Adam at his school.

The day of the Wats

A tuk tuk driver took us to alot of Wats today (that means Buddhist temples) you have to take your shoes off out of respect so my feet are really dirty. People here like to be bare foot. I however am not such a fan I could just feel all the crumbs and dirt as I walked.

This is Adam drinking a coconut while we are at the Marble Temple.
We climbed many many stairs to get to the top of this one called the Golden Mount it has a great view of Bangkok.
Here is the pool at our Apartment, and behind it is where they give massages.

At the top of this is our Apt. we are moving in on the 6th. We are excited to get things settled. The balcony is so nice, its a great deal much better than all the ones we looked at.

First few days in Bangkok

We went to this zoo where they had a magic show, crocodile show and an elephant. The elephant show was my favorite they danced it was so cute.
I was biting the tail of this tiger and all these Asians were laughing at me. Even though I can't communicate with them they still think I am witty.
I haven't ridden on an elephant yet but I did pet some. We will ride them soon.
We went to the mall by our house and this man was break dancing.
This is me getting a massage at our apt we are staying at. That girl is really nice.
The airplane trip was so long, I was getting so fidgety.

Overview of Christmas

Tubing with my sister and dad, my dad fell right here getting on his tube it was funny.
Christmas at my parents house it was so fun and relaxing.
We made a train Jon, me my dad and Ash. ( Adam had to work)