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| christmas in thailand |
The girls were all very down on Christmas Day especially when we heard that there was snow in Abbotsford. Steph and Jubes were a little sad and misty-eyed when they thought about the traditions, friends and family we enjoyed around Christmas time. There is no replacing a trip to Thailand with Canadian Christmas but we did try. I found it a bit hard as well, however, I was glad to be able to get out of Phnom Penh to prevent an idle mind from remembering Canada too much.
We all enjoyed Bangkok and we had fun just walking around regular shopping malls and eating food from regular chain stores like McDonalds, DQ, and Pizza Hut. It is all much cheaper than Cambodia! We enjoyed some Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts too. I even had a steak for the first time since Canada(imported from Australia). You can tell we took advantage of our stay! It was all so inexpensive! Since Cambodia doesn't have any movie theatres, we even went to see Madagascar 2 on IMAX on Christmas Day!
From Bangkok, with our family in a poor public bus, we then took off for a week to the beach in Hua Hin on the coast. When we got there we stayed in a 3 bedroom condo a far ways off the beach. It was alright for me, but Les would have liked a place that was cleaner and that was closer to the ocean. We rented motos while we were down there and had a chance to explore and see a variety of beaches and other areas (we all like that). We also rode some elephants, went mall walking, and did some beach relaxing.
After our week there, we went back to Bangkok for a couple of days before we headed back to Cambodia. And even though we missed Christmas and everyone back in Canada, Steph did say, while she was riding the elephant, "Now this is better than a Dec 27th back in Canada!"
Blessings,
Dean
PS. Our Internet is finally working after 2 months of being mainly down! YAHOO! You just have to smile.
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