The key to our hotel room sits in this holder. It is a clever idea to save energy. Whenever we leave our room and take the key the circuit for electricity to our room is disconnected. So nothing electrical can be accidentally left on when you leave e.g. the TV or lights, etc.


John and several other volunteers took a walk and found a local wat. Although they explored the grounds they did not go inside (this time). It is our understanding that we will be visiting wats around the area with our group or on our own in learning more about the culture and customs.


There is a river near our town and a number of our group enjoy either walking or jogging along the river in the morning. We walked to the river this afternoon in search of somewhere to eat lunch.


We found this neat restaurant. Two other "seniors" were with us. We asked the prices in Thai as best we could. The people in the restaurant were delightful. They smiled and helped us with our pronunciation. There was a school reunion in our hotel today and we had the chance to meet a Thai lady who came from Ohio to attend. She has her PhD from USC in California. She helped us with out Thai too. Of course all help came with big smiles and some giggles at our attempts to speak Thai. It is so much fun!!!


Here we are enjoying our lunch and the good old American staple - CocaCola! We had such a good time with the people in the restaurant that they gave us the drinks on the house. Four CocaColas! Unfortunately we have not been able to find Diet Coke. Then again all of the Thai ladies seem to be so darn slim!