Witness two of their children challenging each other to an insect eating contest.
Have their feet treated by nibbling fish.
See what people mean when they talk about the bars and prostitutes by walking up Bangla Rd at night.
Spend a day driving through a landscape dominated by kastes.
Have your photograph taken with the ladyboys ........
........twice.
(Notice how pissed the pretty ones were when Dad chose the ugly one for a photo!
Go Sea Canoing in the kastes of Phang Nga bay in monsoonal rain.
Build traditional Thai floral offerings.
Walk through the rain forest in Khao Sok national park.
Try many types of food you have never heard of (and probably don't want to hear of again).
Have a monkey eat a banana on your shoulder.
See about a dozen different temples.
Spend an afternoon at the local school sports being treated as a dignitary.
See why there are blackouts now and then.
Follow the local version of a work bus. You can join them if you have a person sized shoe horn. You definitely cannot join them if you can spell Occupational Health and Safety.
See swimming monkeys.
Walk through waterfall parks after a downpour.
Do a full tour of the island of Phuket over two days.
Go to an orchid market and see plants you only dreamed of.
Like a giant Coelogyne (OK, I had to slip an orchid photo in there).
Try more new foods.
Go to a series of outdoor markets.
Visit the world largest Buddha.
Visit a beach (or twenty).
Say hello to a gibbon.
Do a photo at a personal temple.
Walk to Bang Pae Waterfall.
Visit an orchid farm.
And feed a baby elephant.
And generally run two fifty year old children into the ground!
Clearly we crammed a lot into the short visit and everyone had a good time.
that's awesome....your mum and pop looked like that had a fantastic time. I think I would have been worn out. I got kind of tired just looking at the photos!
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