The Grand Palace of Bangkok. Absolutely stunning architecture! This site used to house the Kings, and their elephants.  

First Thai beer, and around Bangkok!

Once we arrived into Thailand, we spent a very memorable but short-lasting two nights in Bangkok. Needless to say we will definitely be back there. On Saturday we left Bangkok and headed north to Khao Yai National Park, where we embarked on a muddy, sweaty, and leech-filled hike. A few more hours in the van and we arrived at  a small resort in the Northeast Region (known as the Isan Region), where we would spend the next five days. The 43 of us on the program spent long hours getting to know each other, and of course practicing Thai! Over four days we accomplished 16 hours of (very intensive) Thai instruction. Our Thai instructors are awesome! Many of of them graduated from Khon Kaen University (KKU) with an English Major. On Wednesday we finally made our way over to Khon Kaen University, where we will be spending the next four months! More to come about KKU in the next post! Miss you all!