Our First Three days

Ok, here it is... A blog from me. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to write, but it's honestly taken me a while to find the words for the overwhelming feelings I'm experiencing here.  I know my husband has already written a couple of blogs and filled you in on some of our excursions so ill just summarize the past few days in my own words...

Day one: The highlight of the day for me was going on a tail boat tour down the Chao Phraya river. The incredible sights and smells were unforgettable.  Then we walked through Pho Wat, home of the reclining Buddha and the Golden Buddha.  To be honest, day one was the hardest for me so far.  I've never been a fan of large cities and Bangkok is far the largest I've ever visited.

Day two: We spent this day seeing more of Bangkok and doing some shopping at an incredibly large mall called MBK where you can barter over the price of your purchase. (which I'm really not good at bartering, but fortunately my husband is.). This day was much easier for me but more difficult for Marcus and Alli. It's so strange to me how culture shock affects people at different times and different ways.  We have found food to be the most difficult issue today as we have been out and about.  We keep thinking it would be nice if we just had someone to tell us what was good to try.

Day three:  Today we flew to an island called Phuket.  The shoreline is dramatically beautiful with crystal blue water and sandy white beaches.  It's a lot more relaxing here then it was in Bangkok.  The food is much spicier in the south of Thailand but a helpful missionary friend advise us to use the words "my pet" a lot, which means not spicy.  We are loving the Thai food.  I have developed a passion for mango which I never knew was so good!  We took a shuttle from our hotel to Patong Beach which is lots of shopping and at night turns into a bar/ party scene.  Just down the road is a public beach.  We got suckered into getting our pictures taken with iguanas and a marmoset, which was way to cute not to hold, we'll at least until he bit me.

More to come on our adventures in Phuket....