Monday, November 5, 2007

Shopping and more shopping


Today was a fun relaxed day. Yesterday and today we spent a great deal of time shopping and were able to get some pretty good deals on some treasures to bring home with us from China. Phil had fun bargaining with all the shopkeepers and was able to get some good prices on a few things. We also went to what used to be a temple but now displays local arts and crafts. There were some really neat ivory carvings and some other unique artistic creations. The weather here has been really nice so it's nice to just get out and walk around during the day.

We also went to a neat restaurant that served Thai food and provided dinner entertainment. As you can see from a couple of the photos, Branham and Phil became part of the dinner entertainment as well. Branham shows great promise as a future Solid Gold Dancer--Phil I'm not so sure about. Besides the entertainment, the food was also good and was probably one of the best meals we've had thus far. Tomorrow we do not have much going on, but the next day we have our consulate appointment, and we plan on trying to go to the local zoo. Since tomorrow is a slow day I probably won't have much to post, but after the zoo day, we'll hopefully have some good pictures. We heard rumors that you may actually be allowed to pet and have your picture taken with an actual bengal tiger--we'll see. Enjoy the pictures. The one picture is of Cole and Jonathan, a 13-year old boy who was adopted this week as well. He's very sweet and a bit shy, but he let me take his picture with Cole. Love and miss you all!






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