The Week So far...

This past week was very long and exciting. As mentioned before on Monday we went to the old capital of Ayutthaya. On Tuesday we had class and then had a delicious dinner with the assistant dean of AIT and other important faculty members at the golf club restaurant on campus. It seriously like something out of a movie. We ate out on the pier with soft lighting, a table full of food, and big mugs of Singha (the local beer). After our large meal consisting of a lot of unknown ingredients we ended with fruit and delicious coconut ice cream. 

So cute!

So much trash. So sad.

Wednesday we took an all-day field trip to Duang Prateep Foundation and the slums. This is a foundation that cares for children living in the slums and gives them education and keeps them out of trouble. They were a big help with the tsunami victims too. We got to see some of the children. They were so nice and adorable and one little girl kept going up to each of us saying "Sah-wah-tee-kah!" ("Hello!") and then "waiing" or folding your hands together and bowing. 

After getting done visiting there, one of our resource people P'Nai took us to the ancient city where we rode bikes around and visited the floating market which was amazing and beautiful much like everything else here. 

P' Nai leading the way!

Rosie and Sarah ready to ride bikes!

Then we climbed up an old monument on a cliff consisting of about 1945857474 steps! It was a long and hot walk but the view was well worth it. After the bike ride we were all exhausted from the sun and travel we decided to head back to AIT for a "short nap" that turned into 2 hours (3 for some of the other people in the group). That night we decided to just chill out on campus and ate at the cafeteria which has bad food. And that is where my trouble started. I got something called garlic chicken. It wasn't very good, but I was hungry so I ate it. All the rest of the night up through the wee hours of the morning I was hugging the toilet and throwing up. It was incredibly miserable. I couldn't get to sleep until around 5. We had a field trip that same morning at 8am that I was really looking forward to. Unfortunately I felt too sick to go, so I stayed on campus while everyone else went. :( I'm sad that I missed the trip because it sounded like they had fun, but I'm happy I stayed back because now I feel 100% better. It's Friday afternoon now, and we might be going to the beach this weekend.