Wat Pho (Temple of the Largest Reclining Buddha)

Within the first two weeks, the director of the program had several tours lined up for us to help us get better acquainted with Bangkok..one of which was a visit to Wat Pho.

So this is the largest Reclining Buddha in the world. My friends and I took a cab there because that was the fastest and most convenient way to get there..others took the klong(I'll talk about this boat in another post). We got there earlier than everyone and waited for them for about 45 minutes..(I had some grilled chicken from the street..delicious..I should probably make a post about street food..I will :)  So finally everyone got there and we went in to admire the Buddha..

Absolutely stunning! This statue lay about 160 ft and had beautiful features which I learned later what his features signified. Equally as beautiful were the murals on the wall..wow..Wat Pho is a definitely must see if you should visit Thailand...they also have a school of Traditional Thai massage which I recommend you get as well..I got one for 30 minutes..very soothing. Can't say much..gotta experience it!

More pictures below:

Murals on the inside of the temple

Outside the temple

The Study Abroad group

It's been ages..sorry..:(

It's been so long since I updated this page..I've been super busy and LOTS of fun things have happened!! Since the last post, I've been to Kanchanaburi, Vietnam, Cambodia, made some A-mazing Thai friends and done more fascinating things in Bangkok..No worries, I'm going to update this blog this coming week with what I've been up to in the past 3 months(wow..it's been long!)..So..read on!! :)

Siam Water Park!

We went to a water park today..with tons of rides(smiling)..I love rides! And the park had the largest wave pool in the world..it's held this record since 2009..pretty impressive. It was great! Nothing special happened there, I just had a good time:)

True Coffee vs Starbucks

I'm not a big coffee or tea person but I looooooove starbucks' Chai Tea! Once in a while I'll get a frappuccino but I blame my sister for my Chai Tea addiction. When I told her I'd never had Chai before she said.."REALLY? We should get some today".. And those were the words that may have me packing to Chai tea or Starbucks rehab..if there's anything like that. When I went back to campus(in America)..I saw myself walking to Starbucks every day to order the exact same thing..a grande iced Chai..my willpower absolutely defeated..sigh.. But anyway, back to True Coffee.

My friends and I went on a little adventure to the little shops around campus..and found this coffee shop..It smelled great the moment I walked in and I immediately scanned their coffees and teas to see what they had..no chai..but it's ok..I decided to try the "Caramel Twist Cream"...OMG...sometimes I wish I was a writing major to describe feelings like this..It was wonderful! Absolutely loved it..I'm going back there..and I'm getting the almond croissant again too..:)

Almond Croissant

Thai speaking parrots...too cute:)

I couldn't get the red parrot to say anything in Thai but the white one was definitely on it's A game this morning :)..It made my morning...I need to figure out what it's saying though.

Sorry the video is sideways..I got too excited when it started speaking.

Club members selling books..and playing the guitar:)

Ok so this was really interesting. During our tour of the campus, we passed by a group of kids who were selling some notebooks to help promote their club I guess..but the two boys played the guitar and sang!! How cute!

Colorful cab challenge!

wow..I did not know that there could be so many colors of cabs! Pink, orange, yellow and green, white, neon green, blue...whew...I'm yet to see like a rainbow colored cab.:) I'll upload pictures of cabs as I see them..oh boy..that should be interesting!

Campus tour!

Yes it's humid..o_0..but my hair's loving it:)

Surprisingly it's not as hot as I expected it to be..it's just ridiculously humid! Sometimes I feel like I'm breathing water or something...or maybe about to drown in the air while walking down the street. 2 good things about the humidity though:

1. I don't get ashy..do you know how amazing that feels? The fact that if for some reason I forget to put lotion on my knees or elbows..it's ok...Literally one of the best feelings ever..:)

2. This afro growing on my head is thanking me for coming to Thailand and naturally moisturizing it with the weather..It feels awesome! When I touch my hair in the middle of the day it's just wonderful.

Also I noticed a rain pattern. It rains at about 5:30pm everyday..a torrential downpour for about 15 minutes and then it stops. It's fine by me..I'm done with class at that time.

The campus that looks like a palace..no seriously though it does..

This campus is the most beautiful place I've ever seen..not even playing. I'm not a big traveler..haven't been to many places or seen that many breath taking sights but let me just say that this campus' architecture blew me away! These are some rich kids that go here because they must be paying lots of thousands of baht for the school to be able to build these amazing structures. What I love most is the fine detail of each building..the patterns on the wall.. the lakes here and there with beautiful white swans casually swimming in them, the 2 beautiful parrots(one snow white and the other red and blue) that say 'sa wat di kaa'(which means hello) from time to time..too much for me..it's going to take some time to sink in..Wow!

The ceiling of some of the rooms

Big C supermarket

Big C supermarket is like a Walmart or Target downtown which has...well..EVERYTHING. Everything's reasonably priced too..I mean why did I pack to come to Thailand again? Anyway, there were some really interesting stuff..especially the fruits and pastries..all with labels in Thai..which at this point I wish I could read Thai because that would be very helpful.

Wafer sticks dipped in strawberry cream..de-lish! and just 30 cents

Pink Eggs!

I don't know what kind of eggs these are but they looked interesting.