Holiday in Thailand

The Beach

We arrived at the beach just in time for supper at the Juniper Tree. The suppers at the guesthouse were all western and the lunches were all Thai. Some meals we had included Mac and Cheese, Thai soup, and Shepherds pie. The guesthouse included a pool (on New Years Eve we stayed up to 12 in the pool), family houses, and two buildings with rooms.

The beach had a very awkward tide system. At low tide it revealed a sandbar, which at full moon was very big. While at high tide a boat that was before the sandbar was at a water level up to my neck. The crabs at the beach came out of their holes and made very small or small sand balls. This beach was a very shelly beach. Some shells had living organisms in them, while others didn’t.

By: Austin Sachs

Edited by: Computer and Mom

More on the Beach...

One morning we took a ride on a fishing boat to Monkey Island. Monkey Island was fun. When we got there, there were no monkeys on the island. Then our boat driver made a weird monkey sound and they came down from the hills. The driver brought some bananas and we fed them to the monkeys. When the bananas were finished, we skipped rocks for a while, and Dad and I walked along the rocks on the shore. On the ride back home we saw some jumping fish.

On another day, Dad and I went on a kayaking trip. Mommy said that we should go along the shore, but Daddy wanted to go to another island next to Monkey Island. It was a very hard and tiring trip. When we got to the island, we sat in the boat and rested and drank some water. Then we paddled back.

by Acacia

Bangkok

You’ve heard a lot about the beach, but not much about Bangkok. Austin and Acacia’s favorite parts were probably all the western food that we got to eat. But we saw a lot of other stuff too. We took the sky train to many places.

On our first day we went and got tickets for the water taxi. Then we ran, and just caught the boat as it nearly left the dock. We rode it for a while and finally got off at a stop to see an old fort. Right behind the fort was a park. We walked through it and then went to get fruit shakes and iced coffee – yummy! Next we went to a market entirely of fruits and veggies. I’ve never seen sooo much pineapple. There was suppose to be the largest flower market nearby there as well – but we never found it. We stopped at a temple with the world’s largest reclining Buddha and then called it a day. Pizza Hut for supper.

My favorite part of Bangkok was the weekend market, Chatachuk. It was huge. We did some souvenir shopping. They sold tons of stuff there. Plenty of variety, everything from souvenirs to produce to homemade popsicles – which we tried.

We also went and saw a Thai stick puppet show. The puppets are controlled by three people – one has a stick for one arm and hand. Another person has a stick for the other arm and hand, and the head. Another person moves the feet. The people are dressed all in black. They did a few numbers on stage, and then ended up walking around the audience. One really surprised me by grabbing my neck from behind.

The next day we went to the snake farm. It was like a zoo and Acacia enjoyed it. I enjoyed the ride on the long boat in the canals to get there. Then it was time to go back to Phnom Pehn. We caught our flight back and next thing we know we are back in Cambodia.

by Janaya