Day 91: Dec 4th. Logistics

We had a lot of things we wanted to do, but as Suphanburi isn't really a tourist destination, we didn't exactly find the elephant riding and meditation classes in English that we wanted. The plus side to being in a totally unfamiliar place is that doing anything takes nearly forever (which means we can never be bored) because you have to figure out how to do it. It's even harder when you don't really know what you are looking for.

We started by trying to get in touch with Cathay Pacific to make sure our flight was still going to happen. It was a lot harder than you'd think. We Skyped, called on a payphone, and surfed their website. We were confirmed, cancelled and back on another flight by lunchtime. A major headache but we were happy that we were leaving. It unfortunately stopped us from going to Chiang Mai, but what can you do when there's government protests that have taken over the airport and forced the prime minister to step down.

In between visiting wats searching for someone who spoke English, we found the Rice Farmer's Museum. Only half of the information in the museum was translated into English, but at least we learned a bit about the farms that we saw every time we took a bus!

Hungry after looking at all that rice, we stopped for lunch before heading back to Katie's to upload some pictures to our blog. (Check it out below!)

Around 4 we went to Sanguan Ying, the school where Katie works, to shadow her after-school class. It was so much fun! She's a wonderful teacher...enthusiastic, funny and energetic. It's was so cool to see one of our friends in a completely different context - at a job - and especially cool to see that she's great at her job!

The three of us walked back to Katie's and got our stuff together to go to Bangkok. The van ride was bumpy, but much funnier this time with 3 additional farang (non-Thais). Muzungu is still our favorite word though. Once in Bangkok, we took 2 cabs to the hotel, and did a quick turn-around for dinner and dessert of mango sticky rice! YUMM. A quick stop at seven eleven and then, to bed!
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