Adventures With Rachel Part 3: Tea and Sunsets

Down the street from my house there is this beautiful tea house! Rachel and I went one weekend when she was here and we had tea. ;) It was great to just sit and have tea together. 

                                                        They do such a beautiful job!

       How I feel about walking home. ;) JK I enjoy walking down this street as long as it's not to hot... :)

There are so many different gates on my street... I Love looking at them all! 

They make great backdrops for pictures. :) 

On the 8th floor of my apartment building is where I watch all the sunsets. So I took Rachel up there to try and watch one... It was quite stormy that night... so we pretty much just got pictures of the city and us. :)   

Adventures with Rachel Part 2: Camping!

 Rachel, Pam, and I all went 4 hours out of Bangkok to go camping and hike some waterfalls! It was a beautiful time! We went the weekend that Rachel got in... we packed alot into that weekend. :)

                                                               They are So beautiful!!

                                                                   We made it to all 7!!!

Ok... So we thought it would be great to swim in the water... little did we know what would be waiting for us... So there are a Ton of fish in the water... they are small, but they Love to eat the dry skin off of your feet... lets just say that Rachel and I did not enjoy that. ;)

                                It looks so fake!!! But it's real! God makes some beautiful things!

              At one of the waterfalls you can slide down the rocks into the water... it was So fun!!

The waterfalls are apart of a state park and they have a place where you can go camping. They have the tents all set up and they give you everything you need... sleeping bags, pillows, blankets, ect...

                                                 It was beautiful and So quiet and peaceful!

                           This is the bus we rode up to the state park in. ;) It was a great ride. :)

                                                        What a wonderful camping trip!

Adventures With Rachel Part 1: Park and River Taxi

August was a full month... ;) I was in Germany for the beginning of it and then I got back and the next day my best friend Rachel flew in! It was So wonderful to have her here! It also ended up being perfect timing as I didn't end up starting school till sep... so I had time to spend with her.
The first weekend she was here I took her to the Kings park and then the river taxi.

                                        At the Kings Park they have a Ton of monitor lizards.

This Almost makes you think we aren't in a Huge city...

Rachel tried some new food... :) No, this is not thai food... although we had quite a lot of that while she was here. This is my favorite food... it's Lebanese food. :)

We took the river taxi to the flower market, another market, and then a wat.

                                                Rachel looking great in a Thai outfit. ;)

                                 This is called the sunset (or sunrise) wat... can you guess why?

                                                           Rachel had a great time... :)