Today, was our tour of the Grand Palace and the Jim Thompson house. Both were really interesting but it was so hot outside. The Grand Palace had so many temples and golden statues, there were many people there praying and giving sacrifices. We walked to the Jim Thompson house, not to far from the hotel, we ended up going on the back streets, so we saw some of the slums right off of a canal. It was interesting to see how they live. Our taxi got lost, and then we had to tell him like 3 times where we were trying to go... finally we made it back to the hotel. Our welcome banquet was last night. Very fun and we had special guest. We also had live music and one of the students got up and sung with band. It was a long day, so everyone was very tired.

Josh is having a blast also, he been so busy so I will make him write on here tonight to keep his family updated.