Letter 6 (Ann)
Hi,
We have three days left in Thailand. A long train ride (overnight) awaits us at the end to get us back to Bangkok. Then on to VietNam. I am afraid we are buying too much large stuff. Hope we get it all in. We found a ceramic dragon for Heidi. It is only about 4-5 inches tall but had lots of tiny point sticking out all over.
Dad bought me my birthday gift today. A pair of diamond and ruby earrings to go with the ring of Grandma H's that I have. They are beautiful, small but just the size I like to wear.
I also bought a jacket: it is cotton, but very well made and it looks like silk. It is black and grey. Then I found a silk pillowcase just the shade of green (sage) for the living room.
Now we are in Chiang Mai having come from Chiang Rai. Yesterday our lunch was in a very interesting "restaurant" . It was run by a French woman who came over, bought land and decided to open this quaint restaurant. We had grilled (the Thai way) chicken. It was a complete half of a small chicken on bamboo skewers. There were Thai noodles in a banana leaf bundle and tamarind rice in a banana leaf basket. We each got our own plate with all of this on it. Delicious.
My knees have really been bothering me. Plus I slipped going down a ramp to the boat. There was sand on the ramp and I nearly fell in the drink, but dad caught me. However, it did not do my knees any good. And last night I had a "gut" ache and today it got worse. It did not feel like anything I had eaten. It was very specific pain when I pushed on my belly button. Then I remembered at my last physical my Dr. asked me if I knew if I had a hernia there. I said no and she O.K. as long as it is not bothering you. It is very small. So I guess now it is bothering me. Bummer.
I have been swimming and exercising in the pool most afternoons when we reach our hotel. However the water is quite cold. They do not heat it here. It must really cool down at night. Even the "hot" tub with jets is part of the main pools.
Tonight we are going to the night market and are on our own for supper.
I had my two camera chips put on a C.D. today so I can delete my pics from the chips now. I am down to 30 left. It only cost 100 baht about $2.50.
Enough rambling. I hope Mehnoush's week with the big wigs have gone well and I hope your stomach ramblings turned out to be nothing. Have a good vacation when you leave.
Really looking forward to coming to visit when we get back.
Love,
Mom
We have three days left in Thailand. A long train ride (overnight) awaits us at the end to get us back to Bangkok. Then on to VietNam. I am afraid we are buying too much large stuff. Hope we get it all in. We found a ceramic dragon for Heidi. It is only about 4-5 inches tall but had lots of tiny point sticking out all over.
Dad bought me my birthday gift today. A pair of diamond and ruby earrings to go with the ring of Grandma H's that I have. They are beautiful, small but just the size I like to wear.
I also bought a jacket: it is cotton, but very well made and it looks like silk. It is black and grey. Then I found a silk pillowcase just the shade of green (sage) for the living room.
Now we are in Chiang Mai having come from Chiang Rai. Yesterday our lunch was in a very interesting "restaurant" . It was run by a French woman who came over, bought land and decided to open this quaint restaurant. We had grilled (the Thai way) chicken. It was a complete half of a small chicken on bamboo skewers. There were Thai noodles in a banana leaf bundle and tamarind rice in a banana leaf basket. We each got our own plate with all of this on it. Delicious.
My knees have really been bothering me. Plus I slipped going down a ramp to the boat. There was sand on the ramp and I nearly fell in the drink, but dad caught me. However, it did not do my knees any good. And last night I had a "gut" ache and today it got worse. It did not feel like anything I had eaten. It was very specific pain when I pushed on my belly button. Then I remembered at my last physical my Dr. asked me if I knew if I had a hernia there. I said no and she O.K. as long as it is not bothering you. It is very small. So I guess now it is bothering me. Bummer.
I have been swimming and exercising in the pool most afternoons when we reach our hotel. However the water is quite cold. They do not heat it here. It must really cool down at night. Even the "hot" tub with jets is part of the main pools.
Tonight we are going to the night market and are on our own for supper.
I had my two camera chips put on a C.D. today so I can delete my pics from the chips now. I am down to 30 left. It only cost 100 baht about $2.50.
Enough rambling. I hope Mehnoush's week with the big wigs have gone well and I hope your stomach ramblings turned out to be nothing. Have a good vacation when you leave.
Really looking forward to coming to visit when we get back.
Love,
Mom
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