Thursday, April 09, 2015

Summer Break

We are currently on summer break until the new school year begins on May 18th. As such, I've had a lot of free time to explore the city of Chanthaburi with my host family, eat delicious food, and take a three day teacher retreat.

Chanthaburi is famous for having the largest Catholic cathedral in Thailand. It's an impressive looking building on the waterfront. 


At the King Taksin Great Shrine and City Pillar Shrine with my host family. 


Day trip to the National Maritime Museum 

Dessert on Chanthaburi River




Vietnamese dinner at home. I could post dozens of amazing food pics here, but I'll let you visit my Facebook Timeline for those. 



I was invited to join the end of school year teacher's retreat to Kanchanaburi, the other side of Thailand from where I live now. They chartered a party bus, and as you can see below, there was plenty of karaoke, drinking, and gambling the entire drive.


One of our first stops was to the famous River Kwai Bridge.


Srinagarind Dam


We visited several wats (temples), including this one at วัดบ้านถ้ำ

and this one at วัดถำ้มังกรทอง


But honestly, the highlight of the trip was this wonderful foot massage.


2 comments:

Sarah said...

I miss you! Love your photos and hearing about your adventures! You look so tall next to everyone! When you're ready to come home, you can buy the house next to us and we will be neighbors again! Deal?

Supercords said...

Deal! But only if you throw in a cute wife. Otherwise I'm looking at Foreign Service Officer, teaching English abroad, or some other far flung adventure. :)