still in bangkok!

I'm still here! had trouble with the blog. internet is slow and everything is in thai. but i think i figured things out now.

havent had much time what with sightseeing and visiting family and the rain storms, but i promise to blog more. highlights include: visiting the royal temple, going to the ancient capital, being deathly allergic to the sea and anything found in it, taking a ferry to Chinatown, visiting temples by longtail boat, and visiting a lychee farm! did you know there are TWELVE kinds of lychee?

im still working on my thai but with my grandfather and MaryAnn speaking to me in TeoChew (their Chinese dialect) and Mandarin, it's kind of slow. i also get all the words confused. however, i am able to bargain (somewhat) in Thai and can give directions (sort of).

Thai New Year (Songrat) is this week. they celebrate by throwing water on each other. and shooting water guns at each other.

i just bought my ticket to Vietnam for April 19th. will be there for 10 days and then back to Bangkok for a couple of days before i head home. i can't believe i only have 24 days left!