Thailand

It has been a full two weeks with Brad's parents visiting. We enjoyed having them in our home and having them experience our lives here in HK. They left yesterday morning and since sleep has been fleeting the last few weeks, I thought I might as well get up and blog a little (since I am very behind).

As soon as we arrived we left for Thailand. With doctor permission notes (Asian airlines are very afraid to let pregnant ladies fly), swim suits and summery clothes we boarded our flight to Singapore where we spend the day sight seeing and then to one of our two destinations in Thailand, Phuket. Brad enjoyed two days of diving (he saw amazing coral, schools of brightly colored fish, and about 6 sea turtles). Brad's parents went on a boat trip to explore the surrounding island and I stayed by the pool. It was a very relaxing time of reading, napping, pedicures, massages, eating great food and trips to the downtown area.

Brad got a fancy drink in a coconut :-)

A picture of my delicious fish dinner for my friend Kalina, who loves to see/hear about food in other countries

On our last night in Phuket we went out for a fancy dinner and light lanterns on the beach. Brad also found a guy selling fireworks, which he took full advantage of (sorry no picture, I was too busy being worried that he was going to loose a finger or two).

On our way to the airport we did a little sight seeing, including a huge Buddha, some temples and a beautiful orchid market.

Good thing we all left our "hot pants" at home

Then we were off to Bangkok. Brad took his parents to sight see, while I attended an ESL professional development workshop. I developed terribly swollen ankles that lasted the whole trip and into the next week back home. Thankfully after a week of cooler HK weather and compression socks they went away and I have more normal looking ankles again. However they did make sight seeing very difficult, so I was glad for the conference and a chance to sit in the AC!

"oh skinny ankles, how I did miss thee"

Then on our last day in Bangkok we explored the huge Chatuchak market. It is over 27 acres with 15000 shopping stalls, selling everything from fake & real flowers, miniatures, antiques, food, clothing...much much more. We spent about 4 hours there and only scratched the surface. My favorite purchase of the day: great decorative knobs for the baby's dresser!

Apparently there has been an outbreak of sasquatch that have come to try and hug the Buddah's in Thailand :-)