Goodbye Thailand

Our last day of our Thailand adventure was much less structured. We didn't have any specific scheduled, which allowed us to sleep later (6:30 instead of 5: 00 or 5:30), talk with family and pack our luggage. Since checkout time was not until noon we worked on our blog for today and our weekly letter home.

We had not explored any of the area around the hotel so we decided to take a walk while we waited the time to head to the airport. We found another little market area that was tucked back in which had the feel of a real local market and not just for tourist. Sister Oveson found some fabric that she liked for a good price. It will go home with us for skirts for some of our granddaughters. Another picture in our collage shows a little 7-11 that was tucked in among some other shops. You can also see that they have a problem with lots and lots of hanging wires.

We have enjoyed the nice consistently warm showers, breakfast buffets, carpet on the floor and softer bed. The cities are much cleaner and the traffic is not anything like that in Cambodia. Still we are more than ready to go back to Cambodia, that is home for now, it is where we are called to serve and where we have made and have so many wonderful friends. Thailand is a nice place to visit, and we hope that  it helped recharge our batteries for the next four months.

There are no direct flights from Chiang Mai to Phnom Penh, so we had to fly back to Bangkok, then we had a three and a half hour layover before our one hour and ten minute flight home. We were blessed to be on Bangkok Air, the seats are a little wider and they definitely have more leg room. To avoid having to check a bag, we only brought one carry on each, which were fairly stuffed. We were given some souvenirs from the conference and bought a couple of other small items, so the suitcases bulging.When we got to the airport the one suitcase was to heavy for a carryon so we had to check it anyway.

It is late, but we are back home in Cambodia after a wonderful week in Thailand.