Sa-wad-dee-kaa

I've been in Thailand for only 5 days and I've already experienced so many different things. In the Siam Culture week that I'm attending we went to see many temples including the monks in orange, huge gold Buddha statues, the ruin city Ayutthaya which is the old capital of Thailand, the local town and so much more.

 As expected, the food here is delicious and as it turns out, not that hard to make. In the cooking  class today me and my 23 fellow travelers prepared our own lunch consisting of a spicy papaya-carrot salad and fried rice noodles with tofu and vegetables. Yumm! 



Everyday I learn something new about the fascinating and beautiful religion Buddhism and I've really come to admire the Thais way of living and thinking.

"Everything happens for a reason"

On Tuesday we went to a floating market that was absolutely stunning. It reminds of a small version of Venice made of wooden shops, decks and bridges. There I had the chance to try out some of the sayings we had learned a few days ago in a short Thai lesson.

• Sa-wad-dee-kaa   -    Hello
• Taw-rai                -    How much?

• Lod-dai-mai        -    Can you discount?