We Have Been Here One Month and I Ran on the Klong

It is hard to believe that we have been in Thailand for a whole month but then we  look back and easily remember the first few days when we knew nothing at all about our surroundings, jobs had not started and we hardly knew anyone...and those we did know were also new. The welcoming and friendliness of the staff from years past has been nothing by incredible and spouses of teachers are always included in events from social to ultimate frisbee. We have not tried it yet but I plan to on Monday.

We were waiting around to go out for supper on Thursday and it just wouldn't stop raining so we cut up all of the fruit we had which actually made for a delicious little snackish thing. The left is a purple jackfruit (many have a white flesh) and although I like it, I really still expect it to taste like beetroot.

The news of our cycling escapade got around a bit so some very gracious runners suggested we run the route to Sammakon on Sunday morning to become more familiar with it. We saw where we went wrong; We turned right at the first mosque and it was supposed to be the second mosque. Who knew there would be two mosques on the route? We were passed by two giggling boys on their bike who looked like they were late for Saturday prayers. They fly along like it's nothing. The route was actually 5 km which ended with a visit to a coffee shop for smoothies which were amazing. We all ordered a different flavour and when the owner brought them over we gave our best "kop kun ka" (thank you)  and had a silent laugh....they were all identical. There is a saying here that goes like this "Order what you want, and eat what you get." It pretty much sums it up.
We followed it up with a visit to the Saturday market and then opted to take the bus back home. The bus was easy and another first for me.

No pics for that one.....next time I'll run with my camera.

I got home just in time to see Vince as he was leaving to go down to a mall to run a few errands so I showered and jumped in the taxi with him. We actually went down to Bang Kapi Mall where we stayed when we first got to Bangkok.

You have to go through the market to get to the mall, which is funny. They were just setting up when we got there.

I still cannot get over the size of these malls.

Nice little coffee area.

We bought a bus guide so that we can get around easily. Public transport is cheap and effective here. The good thing is that if you get lost there is always a taxi to take you home.