- A Winnipeg Jets Hawerchuk hockey jersey (which I am wearing now!)
- An orange toque (thanks Dad)
- Lego (the new skeleton vs. knights theme) note to self:awesome!
- New pajamas (Grandma makes new ones for Erik and I each year.(apparently skulls are in in Canada !))
- A webcam (sweet! I'll send a picture of me through it)
- A soccer ball (prayers answered! Wishes come true! My old one broke.) :'(
- Salt & Vinegar Chips (my favourite!)
- Lord of the Rings Return of the King PS2 game (cool- a little violent)
- Is that everything? I think so.
Naturally, Christmas day was devoted to playing with the new things that you have just received.
Was it boxing day, or the day after that we went on the road trip to the north of Thailand ? I can't remember. Anyway, we went on a road trip to the north of Thailand . Along the way, we stopped at a pie restaurant for... uh... red meat. No, for pie! It was good pie. Then we drove a bit more (a lot more) until we arrived at a large garden. The funny thing was, we were driving along this almost deserted mountain road, then suddenly we crested the rise, and there were people everywhere! We were forced to park faaar away from the garden entrance! The garden itself was very nice (lots of pretty flowers) if you check out of blog there are probably some funny (or humiliating) pictures of our family with big flowers beside our heads!We had a quick lunch there, before blasting out of there farther north.
Oh, did l mention that the whole road trip we had this sweet van? Oh, well then: The whole road trip we had this sweet van. Really big, and shiny silver.
When we arrived at our destination (a small border town called Mae Sai) we went straight to the hotel and dropped off our bags. Then we walked to a restaurant by the Burmese border. From the restaurant, we could see the short bridge that ran over into Burma . The idea was to watch the illegal immigrants secretly crossing the border. That didn't happen, because the wind was coming up off the water and freezing us. So we moved inside the restaurant. The soup that we ordered was too spicy, so we had too much heat, right after too much cold! I thought that was funny. After that, we went back to the hotel, where we talked a bit, then went to sleep.
The next morning, we shipped out, back on the road. This time we went to a school for orphans that MCC had helped sponsor. We had a quick tour, then drove to an opium museum. How interesting was the opium museum? It surprised me when l found out that the answer was: very interesting! It had all kinds of motion sensors- walk into a room, and the room lights up, and a movie starts to play. You could even choose to have Thai or English. Very impressive. It seems that the Queen Mother of Thailand made the museum to educate people on the impacts of opium.
After the museum, we drove back toward Chiang Mai. It sounds simple, but I feel that I should express how long it took. At least five hours. I know, it sounds not too bad, but it was through the mountains- and we had done it all before, just yesterday. In my opinion, ten hours of the same thing during a 24 hour period is too much. Upon arriving in Chiang Mai, we had a quick dinner, before sleeping.
The next day (our last full day) went by quickly. The grown ups went out shopping (again) while Erik and I stayed home with Grandpa and watched 'Luthur', a film about Martin Luthur and how he started the Reformed Church. This movie is very inspiring- I highly recommend it. For supper we went to the Pizza Company and ate, well, pizza!
The next day, we packed our bags and headed for the airport. Another hour and a half later, and we were once again in Udon Thani. To get back to the border (an hour away) we took a van (very similar to the one we rented for the road trip). At the border we were astonished to find cars parked everywhere, and long lines to get to Laos . It seems that everyone wanted to go to Laos for New Years. It took us quite a while to make it over the border. Once across, we took another van to our house.
So here I am, back in Laos. I would much appreciate a reply, to find out how your Christmas was!
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