It is the end of the vacation for my mother, so we (we being my uncle, cousin, and myself) will be going to Bangkok to drop her off at the airport and send her back on her way to the good 'ole United States. I will make sure to remember my response to sending her away, since this will be a big first for me. Where my parent is more than a day away, even flying! As the title says, all ends welcome new beginnings, and this will be the new beginning.
Now, I would like to catch everybody up on our recent adventures! (I must apologize for my absence, but in order to fully enjoy the thrills of Thailand, I needed to put down the internet and connect).
First of all, I have made some new connections, with people that I will see soon, and work with in business, but we have Nai, who has such a positive disposition, and positive energy, I really can not wait to work with her on her English, because she understands it very well, I want to give her that confidence so she will speak it more often! She, and Jai, a friend of hers, took my mother and I out on two trips, one to Art in Paradise, which is a fantastic museum of illusions and artwork in which the museum-goers can actively participate in the picture-taking with the works. Some were cool, and a lot were funny. After that, we went to Mimosa, which was a cute little park that was like a miniature town, and there weer shows, much like "drag shows" with the drag queens lip-syncing, but some of the performers were female. There were some that were serious, and some that would knock you off your feet with laughter. (I wish I took pictures of this!) The next trip, (Yesterday) we went to Suphattra Land, where we went on a bus tour, where our guide would stop occasionally, after informing us about the fruits and trees, and pick some fruit for us, and demonstrate, look at what freshly-picked fruit we had the opportunity to eat!
(Left to right) Lemongrass, starfruit, mulberries.
About midway into the tour, we made a pit stop, where we could feast on as much fruit as we pleased, and let me say, I could eat a lot!
(Left to Right) Salak, bananas, (upper) Rambutan, Longon, (Uppr right) Mangosteen
Salak, and mangosteens are by far, my favorite fruits! Both are tart and juicy.
To better understand what a mangosteen looks like, here's another picture, close up.
See how the meat of the fruit is white? that is the only part of it you eat, like watermelon or oranges, you don't bite into the skin.
We also tried durian, and, if you look at the picture below, it looks like some weapon of the Medieval era!. They also do not have the most pleasant odor (like a smelly gym locker) BUT, if you hold your nose and take a bite, the fruit is creamy and sweet, with the consistency of an avocado. Not too bad!
After the fruit pit stop, we traveled across the road to the other part of this place, saw many grapes (the Thai word for grape sounds like "on-goon"), and made yet another pit stop, and had "sam-dum," also known as papaya salad. And it was prepared before us!
Yum! Tomatoes, garlic, chili, young papaya, peanuts, ginger, lime, this was refreshing and delicious!
And then after that, Nai, my mother, and I picked up Jai, and went to the beach near Rim Pae Beach, and watched the beautiful sunset.
No joke, this is very much worth the visit!
And I've already picked up on words to know, such as food I would like to order and such, you know, the important stuff. ;)
As for now, I will have to write up another entry later, but I need to spend more time with family!
-K
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