Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Floating Market SNAKES!


Kobe was very brave holding onto this very large snake; he showed no signs of fear . . .


... Lukey on the other hand was a bit apprehensive. With the help of his big brother he was able to tolerate this experience and be bold and courageous in this daring endeavor.



Family Outing to the Floating Market


We rented this 14 passenger van on three different days so that we could all ride together 
to the different activities. This made the 2 to 3 to 4 hour drives bearable. 


Jamis and Marcie are standing in front of the map of the Floating Market river ride. 

Once we arrived at the Floating Market we needed to take a bathroom break. Most Thai toilets are referred to as Squatty Potty's. It consist of a ceramic hole in the ground that the women squat over. This one, at the Floating Market, fortunately had a regular seat, but even so, since there are no 'flusher' you have to dip a dish container into a well of water (Marcie is demonstrating this) and pour it into the toilet to flush it. Very disgusting, but beggars cannot be choosers. The Thai's do not use toilet paper either so we of course brought our own along.

The picture of the mystery woman is a girl who we thought looked like she was Marcie's twin sister.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Thai Family Portrait


A ROYAL THAI FAMILY
Timmy, Marcie, Jamis, Bill, Jamie, Kenny Willie
Robbie, Jude, Jakob, Mindy
Luke and Kobe

A couple practice shots!