We went for a visa run to thailand -it was amazing! this is a picture of the city we stayed in.
This is the hotel we stayed at... it was soo nice even by american standards. The fact that it had hot water on demand and a shower with tub was enough for me!
But of course after like an hour of being in country we went straight to the massage place to get foot massages - they cost about 4 bucks for an hour. And by foot massage they meant foot, hands, arms, legs, head, neck, and back massage. Then afterwards we ate american food, visited my long lost friend Mr. Starbucks, 
then went shopping at the sunday market.
After a few days of classes i spotted a very familiar looking red soda can on someones table. After a quick investigation of the situation, i found the exact location of a grocery store that carried these contents. 
Even more exciting was that when we entered the supermarket...it was a real store...with shopping carts! and it had AC and even Ben and Jerry's. We had to stand in awe bec it even had a cereal aisle. We were pretty amazed. However, after the initial shock of this most magnificent store wore off, we scoured the store and successfully completed our mission.... The thai girl that checked us out giggled when we stood in line....Between the 4 of us we had about 36 cans of none other than Dr. Pepper - oh yes.
We went with a group of people for dinner on a river boat. It was beautiful! We left as the sun was setting and the food was delicious. Great hang out time and relaxation.
However on a different night we ate on the river and a friend ordered the following dish since it was in season... YUMMMMMMMM! I love bamboo worms this time of the year!
We did make it to the Zoo where we walked more than actuallysaw animals. There were elephants, hippos, koalas, pandas, camels, giraffes, etc. It was really hot but i still enjoyed it! One afternoon we went sightseeing up a mountain. We stopped to see the Buddist temple towards the top. You had to climb a million steps to get up to it. The grounds there were immaculate. There were tons of university students walking up and down the mountain to get to the temple.
On our way home.... delirious and goofy. We arrived in the great sandwhich city after the sun had gone down and the temperature read 104 degrees at 8 pm. That's just wrong. However our passports were stamped and we could stay another 6 months in our country.
We stayed a couple of days in the Great Sandwhich City, picked up our volunteer and headed the 10 hours back up into the mountains to our beloved Nimda*.
