This weekend flew! On Friday we didn't have school because it was a teacher workday so we could get report cards finished since our last day of school for the first semester is FRIDAY! I cannot believe that I am already half-way finished with my first year of teaching. It has gone by so incredibly fast!
Then, on Saturday, a man from our church took me and two other teachers on a trek through the rain forest at a national park about 3 hours outside of Bangkok. We had these awesome leech socks that we had to wear, and even still I picked quite a few leeches off of me...one particularly big one! We got to ride an elephant, had an amazing lunch, and went on a hike through the jungle. We saw monkeys (ling in Thai) swinging from the trees, a green viper, several hornbills, and amazing trees and flowers. It was so beautiful and so quiet! I forgot how quite the world could be. I live on a street that never sleeps in a city that is always moving. We didn't see any other humans from the time we got into the rain forest to when we got out. No buses, taxis, motorcycles, people, vendors- just quiet! We could hear birds and monkeys, and rain falling on the trees. It was a wonderful day!
My dad comes to visit on Thursday! :) I have planned our trip 50 times over already! I just can't wait to introduce someone from my family to Thailand. I hope he loves it as much as I do! :)
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