from Yangon to Nakhon Si Thammarat

We caught our flight on Nok Air form Yangon to Bangkok (DMK) airport, then Nok Air from DMK to Nakhon. We arrived just as it was getting dark. Sara met us at the airport. She rode her bike almost 11 miles to come meet us, then we had to find a taxi to put all of us in, plus her bike. We had three taxi drivers helping us fold her folding bike to fit it in the trunk. It was too funny and they were too nice!

We got to the hotel that she chose for us. It literally cost us 7 dollars a night each. It was perfect. Actually, funny part was that the room we were in had this huge poster that said Florida! How perfect! This was her town. She was very proud of it and for good reason. She showed us where to get a bite to eat in the morning and then gave us instructions for getting to her school the next day using the songthaew....best deal in town!

Got up the next morning, ate breakfast, and headed over to her school. I had such a great time. I enjoyed seeing how schools in other countries operate and teach. She had the sweetest 3 year olds in her English class. They are taught in English throughout the day, spend maybe an hour with their Thai teacher, and then back to Sara's class. She has a Thai teacher assistant. I was amazed at how much Thai Sara has learned. She is able to negotiate with all the hotels and drivers, since they do not see many tourist in her town and they don't all know English. She was able to go to lunch with us. She dropped us at her house and went to the grocery store to pick up some lunch. We got to see her Thai house, which was great. She is really enjoying her Thai life!

After visiting with her we jumped into the back of a songthaew and went to the oldest Wat in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan. Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan is the main Buddhist temple of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, the largest province in Southern Thailand. It is located on the main sand bar of Nakhon Si Thammarat on which the ancient town and the present town of Nakhon Si Thammarat were built. After visiting the wat we caught a songthaew back to our hotel where we met up with Sara. We went to dinner at a local restaurant. It was delicious. The next day we headed to the bus station to drive to the town of Krabi.