Week of Nothing Followed by a Week of Everything

Well, life changes rather quickly. The week before this was completely uneventful and I had nothing to share with no new pictures. Then, two friends came down from Chiangrai and suddenly my life was a whirlwind of motion. The first day they were here we left my apartment around 9:30 and didn't return until 8:30 or 9:30 pm. What were we doing? Shopping. There isn't a lot of shopping for them in Chiangrai, so we hit the stores. The first picture is us in one of the stores just enjoying the view.
















The second day was more touristy (is that a word? haha). We took a boat ride and saw the outside of the Grand Palace. We got there after it had closed, but we also got to see a temple at night, which was beautiful. We just couldn't get enough of the cute little kid who kept falling asleep next to Theresa. The bridge is an architectural wonder. The tall stupas are graves of past kings. There is so much detail in each one of them that you can't even see on these pictures, but they're still beautiful!

Then, while Theresa went to the beach with some other friends. Rachel and I visited some friends of mine in a nearby provice and saw a gorgeous waterfall! There were 5 different levels nad I think we went to 4 of them. The 5th one was the top of the waterfall and we didn't want to go up anymore steps! You can see us all with our umbrellas. Classic Thai style and it actually does keep you a little cooler.


Finally, it is graduation time at KU. On Sunday was one official rehersal. Here's a picture of one of my friends. I will be going to take pictures with students on Wednesday, Thursday, and on Friday. It will be busy, but fun to celebrate with my students and friends on this big day. Graduation is much bigger in Thailand than America. On the rehersal day everyone has to be dressed exactly the same as graduation day and many people hire professional photographers to follow them around and take pictures on the reheresal day as well the actual graduation day. It's quite interesting. They also give bears and flowers rather than money, which is kind of funny to me, but it's Thailand. :D.