Hello and Happy Valentine's day!
Quick post as things are moving quite along. We tend to sleep in every morning (you know the Hook way) because once we're in Chiang Mai we will be up and about in village adventures. So we've really recouperated these first couple of days in Bangkok.
We toured the Grand Palace yesterday which is unbelievably ornate and wondrous. We paid a tourguide who gave rich history as we moved through the grounds. There are gate keepers up to the heavens and down to the human world. They take the form of: demons, angels that are half bird, there was a half lion and monkey. The symbolism is abound in fact every ornament relates detailed history. We listened to the mythologies of India with thrill. The artistry was something to behold. The walls were painted with the stories of the monkeys fighting the demons after the king's daughter was captured by the demons. Battles and worship are painted with gold leave mural everywhere. The daughter was released when the monkeys beat the demons! There's so much to tell, but not enough room or time to type...
Later we played in Lumphini Park which was the only place we've seen exercise this entire trip. Many runners and even a gym outdoors. We took a paddle boat ride which was the highlight for the kids (esp. Jeremy) and saw 4 Kamodo Dragons in and about the water!!! We races our boats and wished we could stay longer, but we got so hot and thirsty we needed to refresh ourselves.
We wrapped up the day at the Bangkok Night Bizarre which could overwhelm the best of shoppers, but we have bags of souveneirs and many fun tales.
Today went to see poisonous snakes but we missed the show times. So an elder Thai man offered to take us to the harbor to motor boat along the canal to a snake farm there. We did and it was awesome. We saw all the slums along the river and went to a farm where we say pythons, cobras and vipers being milked for venum and launching at the trainers. (This wasn't one of the more humane outfits and we were sorry to see that...on another visit we would support a different farm).
Quick post as things are moving quite along. We tend to sleep in every morning (you know the Hook way) because once we're in Chiang Mai we will be up and about in village adventures. So we've really recouperated these first couple of days in Bangkok.
We toured the Grand Palace yesterday which is unbelievably ornate and wondrous. We paid a tourguide who gave rich history as we moved through the grounds. There are gate keepers up to the heavens and down to the human world. They take the form of: demons, angels that are half bird, there was a half lion and monkey. The symbolism is abound in fact every ornament relates detailed history. We listened to the mythologies of India with thrill. The artistry was something to behold. The walls were painted with the stories of the monkeys fighting the demons after the king's daughter was captured by the demons. Battles and worship are painted with gold leave mural everywhere. The daughter was released when the monkeys beat the demons! There's so much to tell, but not enough room or time to type...
Later we played in Lumphini Park which was the only place we've seen exercise this entire trip. Many runners and even a gym outdoors. We took a paddle boat ride which was the highlight for the kids (esp. Jeremy) and saw 4 Kamodo Dragons in and about the water!!! We races our boats and wished we could stay longer, but we got so hot and thirsty we needed to refresh ourselves.
We wrapped up the day at the Bangkok Night Bizarre which could overwhelm the best of shoppers, but we have bags of souveneirs and many fun tales.
Today went to see poisonous snakes but we missed the show times. So an elder Thai man offered to take us to the harbor to motor boat along the canal to a snake farm there. We did and it was awesome. We saw all the slums along the river and went to a farm where we say pythons, cobras and vipers being milked for venum and launching at the trainers. (This wasn't one of the more humane outfits and we were sorry to see that...on another visit we would support a different farm).
The kids loved interacting with other zoo animals while we were there. The monkey's were literally monkey-ing around and putting their hands out for treats!!! Smart monkey. And the deer went into this huge horned fight right before our very eyes! We were so stunned no pictures, but we were worried we'd see one killed.We catch the night train in about 2 hours and are relaxing right now with drink and journalling.
Love to you all on the day of hearts!
Love to you all on the day of hearts!
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to everyone I love!!!! When do you find the elephants??? love, MOM A.
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