Today we woke up at 4am to catch the early bus to get to the border of Thailand and Cambodia. Last night we didn't get to sleep till almost midnight due to packing up and chatting with Aunt Esther. We had to drop Aunt Esther and Jade at their school around 6:30am then Pastor Acosta took us to the bus stop. He helped purchase our tickets which came with free water and brought us to our bus. The ride was pretty uneventful except for the military checkpoint, which u...

We spent all day worshiping and being in church. The morning started at 8:30am with Thai English lessons. Bing-bing and I were put in the upper level English class to have conversations with. We met Wai-lai, Kor (frog) & Pho (rabbit) who tried their best to speak English with us and understand us. I was as usual going too fast though I know that it was slow for me. LOL After the English lessons, there was a small Bible study and we had the Thai service. Whi...

Today was market day. But before we went to the market we had to find some breakfast. Now I know I said that I would normally not eat at McDonald's when I go to a foreign country. But it was Saturday and after eating rice after rice dish I wanted something that reminded me of home. So since there was a McDonald's at the corner of the main intersection, we ate there! Breakfast consisted of French fries, cheeseburger, coke and taro pie. Yes they had taro pie here t...

Today we took the Skytrain to the last stop by the river where we met up with Auntie Belinda. Then we took a boat to Wat Arun, across the river and a ways down. You can see the mix of old and new building from the murky brown river. Wat Arun has more Buddah's and you can climb the steep steps up to get an awesome view of the river and the city across from it. The golden gleam of the Grand Palace and Wat Pho can also be seen from the top. But let me tell you those...

Today Pastor Acosta toured us around and we visited the Floating Market just an hour's ride out of Bangkok. It was a pretty cool place. You could rent a boat for an hour, the all you need to do is sit and the merchants will come to you. They had fruits, pastries and even bar-b-qued chicken on a boat floating by. Vendors abound selling their wares and you can hear people with Thai accents calling out "you buy", "miss you want some of this pleese&quo...