What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Thailand

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Thailand - Greetings!

Greetings from Thailand!

Yesterday we went to see the Reclining Buddha, drove near where the protesting is still going on (at the parliament building) but didn't see anything because we weren't all that close, rode the Sky Train around town, window shopped the night market, spent some time in Ocean World (for Regin), window shopped at MARC JACOBS for about five minutes, and shopped at one of the best supermarkets ever! (Or maybe we're just a little limited in awesome grocery stores in Penang.) This morning I had the spoils of our supermarket trip: cherries and (fresh tasting!) Gruyere cheese for breakfast. Mmmmm...

Today we plan to see the Grand Palace, amulet market, maybe a dinner cruise, and figure out how we're going to get to Chiang Mai tomorrow.

We're seeing a lot of homeless people and beggars. My experience of the city is still dirty, but I think we're staying in the slums at our hotel. The other adjective to use is "trafficky". We spent most of our private, three-hour tour in traffic. We were supposed to see "temples"and we saw "temple".

Taking hundreds and hundreds of photos, but my camera's focus isn't working well. So expect lots of imperfect photos when we get back to Penang!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Thank you kera for keeping us up to speed...speed might be the wrong word to use seeing that the traffic is so slow!!
Have fun mussar og tankar frá mammu,ommu og svigermor.; 11/12/2008 10:08 AM

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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.