Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Today is our last full day in Thailand. Many have said that Thailand is gorgeous and that the people are stunning. Well I am here (in Thailand) to tell you that I disagree. Don't get me wrong the people are averagely pretty but nothing compared to the people of Cambodia or Vietnam. As for the atmosphere it's a dirty Myrtle with Thai speaking people. The beaches aren't as pretty as the ones in Chuck and they are lined with beach chairs. It's just a tourist mecca, no local charm.

We did however ride an elephant yesterday (did you know they had hair). Our guide that mom booked had the reputation of being the best; everything on Trip Adviser said that he was wonderful and by far the best. He drove me and mom crazy! He didn't listen to a thing you said and in the middle of your sentence he would just start talking over you until you were quite. He informed me and mom that if he was to choose a religion he would be Buddhist because the monks only had three things: their robe, man purse, and something else I don't remember. He was basically a self-centered, ignorant, punk.

Today was way better thatn yesterday. We went to a Thai cooking class. We were taught how to make six different things: Tom Kha Kai (coconut soup w/ chicken), spring rolls, a spicy vermicelli salad, panaeng curry w/ pork (we even made the curry paste), sweet & sour vegetables w/ shrimp, and pumpkin in coconut milk. It was a lot of food. The tom kha kai was my favorite and my least favorite was the curry. It happened that the lady that came to pick us up was the owner (we didn't figure that out til later). She offered to take us to buy pearls after the class, so we went.

Once back at the hotel we had facials then ate our left overs (from the cooking class) for lunch. Our first plane leaves at 1 tomorrow.