Thursday, March 20, 2014

2-8-14 Ayutthaya Times Two

     A while back, practically one of my first weekends in Muang Thong Thani, I visited Ayutthaya with Jess. One of my favorite places, I made a semi-promise that I would return to it one day. Here was my second trip to Ayutthaya--actually, it was more of a trip to a floating market (which I STILL haven't visited), and we just happened to stumble upon some of the temples I saw the first time.

Ashley and I walked around, following Google Maps.
We enjoyed a very delicious lunch on our way to the floating market.

However, instead of ever reaching that apparently 
poorly-mapped-out market, we wound through
a street market. We ended up near one of the temples
I had previously visited.


The first time I came though, I don't believe there was this pair of
the Buddha's hands nor the white Buddha's head.
(I do remember the building in the back though.)

As I was leaving, a kid grabbed my arm and tried to sell me a keychain.
Ever the sucker for adorable kids and wanting to help people,
I ended up standing there deliberating for a while. The adults
he was with finally told them, "The farang doesn't want it!" in Thai.
I ended up buying one--I'll probably add it to my car or home keys
when I return to Chicago. His poor brother or friend then started
begging me to buy another one. I felt horrible as I walked away. :(

I love it!

Bridge across water :)

Then, Ashley and I, being the animal lovers we are, stopped to
take pictures of herons.

A few too many pictures, in fact. :P

Here's Ashley taking pictures of herons... that's how crazy we were! haha

A closer view

Herons taking off :)

They were all perched in this tree. A little scary, but very cool!

There was supposed to be a floating market here too... 
Oh well, I love elephants in any way, shape, and form! :D

Goodbye, Ayutthaya! Maybe one day we shall meet again!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

1-25-14 Exotic Pets We Tried Not To Take Home

Ashley and I LOVE animals! One weekend, Ashley and Lindsay stopped by to visit me
and we all walked over to Impact for the Exotic Pet Show 2014!

But first, I must acknowledge the cats that used to
inhabit my hallway. I remember when that mother cat
used to yowl at midnight, waking me up because she
was in heat. >: Well, at least she has her babies now.

Cats!

A dressed-up prairie dog!

Looks fake, but definitely not :)


Really adorable and long green snakes

Touch me!

Oh, can I take one home, please, please, please?!

Haha, weirdo cuties stuck on the sides of their cases :)

Geico! haha jk :D

My favorite arachnids in the whole entire world!
Just kidding. If I owned one, I would probably stay
awake for weeks, making sure it would never escape
because as we all know, all spider-like objects
want to do is to attack me when I'm not paying
attention and crawl into my mouth. >:

Mommy, do you think you have enough snakes in the house?

Awwwwwwww cutie pie!

Love has no reason :)

I already fell in love with that pup. :)

The little animal kept escaping--it was so adorable!

BIRDS!

Owls. Even though they can be seen as
evil and wise, I find them to be kind of
scary-cute... :D

SPOILER ALERT!
Hedwig never died :)

Pampered princess pup that gave me a spoiled brat attitude lol

:)

I'll stop crooning so you can enjoy the animals for yourselves, haha

They had fake playpens. I still felt sorry for them though. :(

For Ness

For Ness again

GIANT BUNNIES

For Tiffany. They were bigger than me... almost.

An unlikely friendship
The bunny was so still and soft! :)

A guy met me by the chinchilla cages and started talking to me.
Later, he found me by the crayfish and asked me if I was married.

I was afraid to stick my fingers into the cage because then, 
they curious chinchillas came up and I think they thought
I was giving them food.

I held some type of gecko.

Raccoons!

It's funny how I'm so afraid of tiny spiders. I'd rather have these crawling
in my rooms, honestly. Sad how strong my arachnophobia is!

:D

For Nick :D

Fishies!

Oh yeah, I found a Welsh Corgi named Monet (or something that sounded like that)
and I was petting her! I'll eventually find the pictures my friends have of me and her
and I'll post that :) She made my day and she was also dressed up as a nurse.
It matched her perfectly because she made me feel really good! haha :D

Like really good... maybe too good LOL