Thai Welcome Dinner

Tonight we had a dinner after class to welcome me and the students to the course.

Of course we had Thai food, but wouldn’t all food here be Thai food?

I am a bit tired tonight after a long day, so mainly just pictures tonight.

Thai Food, Nathong, class dinner,

We went to eat at a place called Nathong. It is most likely a place I ate at 20 years ago, but it looked much different now. The important thing was that it had good food.

Thai Food, Nathong, class dinner,

I started with some coconut juice.  Not my favorite juice, but an interesting presentation.

Thai Food, Nathong, class dinner,

We then had a progression of plates of Thai food. I am not going to attempt the names of them.

Thai Food, Nathong, class dinner,

There were some different seafood, fish and vegetable dishes. Including some whole fish. Also some different soups.

Thai Food, Nathong, class dinner,

Here you see me surrounded by some of the food. Do you see the whole deep fried fishes to the left? The fish was delicious.

We ended with a couple of desserts and then it was back to the hotel. I am ready to head to bed after the long day.

Steven

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Sunday in Bangkok

Today was a rest day from my flight. I arrived at the hotel at about 2:00 AM this morning, so glad that I didn’t have to be up in only four hours to get ready to teach.

Bangkok, training, Thailand, Arrival,

I spent a bit of time getting my bags in place and then was able to get some sleep. I thought about taking a shower before bed, but decided to not try and wake myself up too much. I woke up before the time I set my alarm for, but not too much later than I will have to get up during the week.

Bangkok, training, Thailand, Arrival,

I then headed down to breakfast. There was a good mix of breakfast food to choose from, so I will have plenty of variety to choose from during the next two weeks.

Bangkok, training, Thailand, Arrival,

After breakfast I took a walk to see where the office I will be working in for the next two weeks was. I was not able to go up to the office, but it is in upper floor in this building. It is about a 10-15 minute walk from the hotel, and depending on the weather I will probably walk each day.

I visited a shopping mall looking for some things I want to buy while I am here, but made it back to the hotel without any purchases.

Bangkok, training, Thailand, Arrival,

One of the things that I noticed during my walk was a large number of overhead wires along the way. I assume that most of them are data cables like phone, cable and network. I took a lot of pictures and they may be a subject of a future post.

I spent most of the afternoon taking it easy. I did some reading, and also some additional preparation for my course that starts tomorrow. I thought about taking a long walk, but it was hot and humid. I will make a plan for next weekend and will probably visit some of the places that I went to during my last trip. It will be much easier this time, as they now have an extensive Metro system.

Bangkok, training, Thailand, Arrival,

I took a walk in the late afternoon and picked up some items at a nearby convenience store. I ended up just having a cup of noodles for my dinner as I was not too hungry and wanted to be in my room for a Zoom meeting this evening. I am sure you will see some good Thai food later in the week.

Steven

 

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