At a famous Thai movie set - everything was made out of styrofoam even the guard dogs in the above picture
I was in Seven tonight with my friendship family after a pad Thai dinner in “Camping” (the area with the stoplight and about 7 kilometers from the compound) and came to the realization that when I am back in America my local seven wont have everything I need. For Thai people Seven is like any normal grocery store plus so much more. If you ever go on any sort of trip you can be assured you will stop at, at least one seven along the way. You can buy minutes for your cell phone, bus tickets to go pretty much anywhere in Thailand, snacks, meals and of course sandwiches, which according to Thai people are hot dogs in bread with a cheese spread.
(My Thai mom, siblings and their cousins)
(My Thai Mom Khun Aoum)
I experienced my first sandwich when I went on vacation with my friendship family about 3 weeks ago. Schools were closed August 2nd-5th for Buddha’s birthday (or I think that’s what it was – on a side note it seems that August is the month of birthdays, holidays, exams, competitions, sports and anything else that would be a “valid” reason for not having school). Anyways, my friendship family asked me to go with them for the long weekend to Kanchanaburi west of Bangkok and an area known for waterfalls.
Little did I
know that it was a whole family
reunion for my friendship father’s family. He has 4 sisters, one brother, and
many nieces and nephews. Together on this trip there were about 12 adults and
10 kids. We went to a famous tiger temple on a mountain stayed at “Lake Heaven Resort” – check out the picture…. The resort
is made up of a bunch of little bungalow houses tied together by docks that you
can walk across with a swimming / play area in the middle. Even though no one
really spoke English and I know very little Thai being with the entire family
made me feel at home and reminded me of our own family gatherings back in the
bay.
Back to the sandwich… As I said before if you ever go on any trip you will stop at Seven if you are with Thai people. We stopped not even 20 minutes into the trip. I wasn’t hungry so I didn’t get anything. AS much as I don’t like hot dogs I couldn’t turn it don because it was given to me by my host sister, a nine year old girl who I hang out with everyday after school.
August has essentially been a month of traveling and I can't even remember the last time I was home for the weekend. We have had so many holidays and trips that the month flew by.
We still don’t have internet at the compound, but I am told that it is almost fixed. So maybe another week or so?
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