SAWAD DEE KA THAILAND

Sawad dee ka Family and Friends all the way from tropical Thailand!!!  What a trip it was getting over here!   The Plane ride from Vancouver was long but I was lucky enough to not have to sit beside anyone it was almost like sitting in business class... but not!  The food was really good and despite the fact that I didnt get a wink of sleep the flight was shorter than I expected.  The flight from Hong Kong was a little bit nicer just because I sat beside this guy from Thailand who was giving me all of the inside scoop on where I should go and what I should do.  It made me really REALLY excited.  After the plane landed we had to sit on the plane for 40 minutes because our gate was still being used... that was probably the longest 40 minutes of my life and was so annoying because all I had to do was pee and I couldnt!  Then I finally met tup outside of customs... I was so tired that I just about walked right passed him.  I was so nice to finally see someone I knew again.  From there we drove home to his place... getting lost not once but twice on the way (it was hilarious, but I cant blame him he has only been home for a little while and there is a new highway).  Once we got to his house  (which is gorgeous I might add -pictures to come later) we parked and no joke a gecko or lizzard thing jumped right down my shirt!  I am not going to lie I was totally freaked out and screamed but then I was okay! His house is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!  It is like living in a resort community in Kelowna or something!  There are literally guards at every entrance and Tup says that it is really safe!  I am going to run around the neighbourhood tonight if I can so I can see how large it is... but it seems to be a really huge community!  I finally fell asleep around 2:45 and woke up at 7:00 I am pretty sure I am goin to crash tonight but not before cheering for Tup and his friends at his soccer match and havinga couple of (fingers crossed) celebratory beers! This morning Tup took me to meet h is friend Axe who coincidently lives 2 houses down from him.  His morther gave us fresh mango to eat and a yummy hot chocolate drink!  They were all so lovely and I hope I get to see more of them!  Then we went to Tups parents house for breakfast... no joke we had about 8 plates of food spread out for the two of us.  There was some fish curry, stirfry vegetables and rice, 2 different kinds of soup, Thai green curry  etc etc etc!! It was ALL SOOOO good too! We literally ate in front of 50 of his parents workers who just looked at me.  I dont think that a lot of the workers have ever seen a white person so I was quite the spectacle.  I am also really loud so that might be the reason as well! One more super cool thing - his parents next door neighbours had an elephant in their backyard - I have never seen an elephant before it was pretty amazing!

Well that is all for now!

I will post some pictures when I remember to bring the cord from tups house to his parents house where the computer is!

Love you all,

Chantelle xo