Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Doi Su Thep---Buddhist Temple

While the SIM team was here we visited Doi Su Thep, a very wellknown buddist temple. A lot of our students will take their teachers there for the day. Also, it doesn't matter where you are in the city, if your foreign all the "sung teaw" drivers will say, "you go Doi Su Thep." :0) Anyway these are some pics.
There are 306 steps to climb before you come to anything...
Emerald man...
burning of insence...
One of the many places to pay tribute to Budda...
The SIM team from the U.K. ...
Bells are rung by those who walk by. For every prayer offered to Budda there is a bell rung. The more you ring the safer you are from evil opression.
Over looking the City. One of the greatest views I've seen here. :0) This is my home in Thailand.

Tuesday Night Volleyball

Every tuesday and thursday a Bible school called IGo rents a gym to play volleyball. A few of the IGo students are often at the Centre helping out at Friday Night Parties and such for practical Christian service. So some of our staff and students joined them on their volleyball night. Great relationship building time and great fun. Enjoy the pics.
Some of us played a little basketball too... That was my shot too :0) of course it took like 20 times to get it right...:0) my roommate kept saying.. "you have to do it again." :0)
Yui (behind), and Preaw
It was a fun night!

"The Heat is on Agnus!"

Ok so my original plan was to take tons of pictures on my trip to the boarder but for some reason I forgot to. Oh well, I have three more trips to take to the boarder. Basically I traveled three and a half hours to walk across a bridge into Burma...get another stamp in my passport and walk back. Most people take time to shop on that side but I didn't really care to shop that day. Anyway no pictures were taken. But I did get to stop somewhere else... Oh, by the way, this blog is dedicated or in honor of a friend of mine back home who is renown for her pies. Well, I just want Agnus to know that the heat is on. On the way back from the boarder run, inbetween Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, we stopped at a great place. It's like a resort place that you can rent a cabin for sometime for some R&R. But it was what was in the place that really caught all our attention. yeah what'd I tell ya...Opal (driver) had been here once before and fell in love with it...can you blame her?... Coconut Cream Pecan....my favorite by far... Some Banana somem' somem'... An apple dumpling...which I've never actually seen or tasted...I was facinated really :)) All I could think of was Doc on snow white, and how he studders to say apple dumpling, "dapple lumpling." Agnus, I want you to know I didn't actually try any kind that I've tried from you. I didn't want to compare. I had a pecan and coconut cream to go...I refused to try the apple pie and others you've made and I've tasted :)) I also wouldn't go near the cheesecake, because of course everyone knows that my brother makes the best. :)) I do wish my dad had been there...he has the same appreciation for variety in food that I do. I know had he been there, we would have ordered a sliver of every kind and tried them all :0) The rest of the pics are just scenes from the campground itself. Beautiful!