Bangkok Week 7 August 14, 2008 Mostly in Trad for a 4-day weekend including Mother's Day. View fullsize Since our bus was at 10pm, we were able to see most of the (faked) Opening Ceremonies. Here's Canada, in all it's glory. View fullsize Even after going to the bus terminal and boarding the bus, countries were still marching into the Birds Nest. View fullsize We arrived at 3am. This is 7am that morning at the temple, filling the monks' rice containers. View fullsize The monks' abode at the temple. View fullsize While something long was being said that I didn't understand. View fullsize At the store, looking at a Vietnamese souvenir. View fullsize Some cookies we brought from Bangkok-- most were consumed by a neighbor's kid. View fullsize Inside every monster is a sweet soul. View fullsize Yes, this motorcycle was being driven down the road. View fullsize Enjoying some "pork" for lunch. View fullsize The high-speed internet company, whose dangerous bamboo ladder is taller than the house is wide. View fullsize The Melodian! (Or is it a Melodica!?) View fullsize Taking advantage of the dangerous ladder's presence to fix the store's antenna. View fullsize Read it and weep. (Note: this is a Chinese product.) View fullsize Buying durian at the market! View fullsize Dinner... with unusually red rice. View fullsize Hold your nose! The durian's out... View fullsize ...and ready to be eaten! For the momentous first time! View fullsize An ant reads the comics. View fullsize Big smile. View fullsize A family photo, while looking at photos. View fullsize Enjoying some โค้ก. View fullsize Just a glimpse of the many hours spent watching Olympic Weightlifting. View fullsize The egg store in town. View fullsize Sad because it was too rainy to go out and play. View fullsize A proud graduate standing outside his elementary school. View fullsize More school. View fullsize Even more school. It had quite a nice little campus. View fullsize Walking up the overpass that connects the 2 halves of the school separated by a street. View fullsize A view from above. View fullsize The playground in the pre-school half of the school. View fullsize Shave and a Haircut. Two bahts!? View fullsize Riding the (remarkably short) truck taxi back home. View fullsize Town was tiring, and clearly called for a nap. View fullsize A crispy, rolled treat. View fullsize We were spoiled: all dishes-- vegetarian! View fullsize Fencing! In the Olympic coverage! Of course, it was only one bout, of men's sabre between Thailand and China. View fullsize More sandwiches for sale than ever before. View fullsize Consternation (or just constipation?) while doing work at the store. View fullsize Home-made Pad Thai... View fullsize ...was the first Pad Thai I've had in Thailand. View fullsize Some sticky rice-based desserts. View fullsize Enjoying watermelon and tomorrow's newspaper. View fullsize A spider on an egg... presumably not hers. View fullsize Observing a large wasp, hard at work building her nest... on a rack of snacks for kids. View fullsize She built her nest over the course of an afternoon. View fullsize Our bus back to Bangkok. Coach buses here have their routes permanently painted on their sides. View fullsize You just can't escape Olympic Weightlifting coverage in this country.
