Green curry, sun, and oh-so-much relaxin'!
Howdy, all!
We're back from hot and muggy Thailand: burned by the sun, kissed by the food, spoiled by the hospitality.
Brent's blogging presentation went really well. His seminar room was packed out with about 50 bodies and, despite the inevitable computer crash, initial reports are very positive about his spiel. Chalk up another professional development credit, eh?
And Thailand is still fabulous, with cheap entertainment, shopping, and food galore--if you haven't been yet, you should go, as it really is an amazing place. B&R took (almost) full advantage of Bangkok, eating some of the best--and spiciest--food in the world, and relaxing and shopping throught myriad markets and such, and goofing off, interspersed with some professional learning and collegiality.
After Bangkok, we headed to phuket for three days of concentrated R&R. It rained every night, but thankfully the days were clear, and we were able to beach ourselves in Karon and do some neat snorkelling on Thailand's Coral island. Amazing.
And oh, the food. (Did we mention the food?) Streetside 30-cent pork and chicken satay, Panaeng curry salmon, green/red/yellow coconut curry, crispy pork salad, lemongrass beef, Tom Yam soup, cocunut chicken, cashew stir-fry, fresh tropical fruits of all descriptions, fresh Pad Thai, calamari... in other words, we ate, and ate, and ate.
A good vacation, to be sure. Now it's back to our students and life Kuwait-style.
Thanks for all your prayers and support!
B&R
We're back from hot and muggy Thailand: burned by the sun, kissed by the food, spoiled by the hospitality.
Brent's blogging presentation went really well. His seminar room was packed out with about 50 bodies and, despite the inevitable computer crash, initial reports are very positive about his spiel. Chalk up another professional development credit, eh?
And Thailand is still fabulous, with cheap entertainment, shopping, and food galore--if you haven't been yet, you should go, as it really is an amazing place. B&R took (almost) full advantage of Bangkok, eating some of the best--and spiciest--food in the world, and relaxing and shopping throught myriad markets and such, and goofing off, interspersed with some professional learning and collegiality.
After Bangkok, we headed to phuket for three days of concentrated R&R. It rained every night, but thankfully the days were clear, and we were able to beach ourselves in Karon and do some neat snorkelling on Thailand's Coral island. Amazing.
And oh, the food. (Did we mention the food?) Streetside 30-cent pork and chicken satay, Panaeng curry salmon, green/red/yellow coconut curry, crispy pork salad, lemongrass beef, Tom Yam soup, cocunut chicken, cashew stir-fry, fresh tropical fruits of all descriptions, fresh Pad Thai, calamari... in other words, we ate, and ate, and ate.
A good vacation, to be sure. Now it's back to our students and life Kuwait-style.
Thanks for all your prayers and support!
B&R
posted by Brent and Rosalee at Thursday, March 30, 2006
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