A three hour tour...

Well, it's finally warming up a bit, and last Friday evening was absolutlely gorgeous. So we took a long walk to see what we could find. It turned out to be a reaaaally long walk, though, because we found some fun activities for Caleb and were enjoying ourselves so much that we walked for about 3 hours--all the way from the north (where we live) to the center of the city!

We passed lots of pineapple stands along the way, in addition to the many other kinds of produce--a usual sight most any time of the day. We've not seen this much pineapple, though--it must be in season.

Next we walked along the river for a while, which Caleb really loved. Any time he's close to water, he's happy!



While walking along the river, we passed this man who was putting his laundry out to dry--also a very common sight here. For him and many others, the bushes are the next best thing to a clothes dryer!


Next stop was a large courtyard where some vendors were selling kids' rides on little battery powered vehicles. Caleb picked the fourwheeler, of course, and had a great time driving around with the other kids.



Just past the rides was an exercise park. We're pretty fond of these--not for ourselves so much as for Caleb. They're great for helping him expend some of the boundless energy he has!

Across the bridge on the way to the city center was a lady who was selling water chestnuts. In the photo, the ones on top in the bag are peeled, the ones on the bottom are not peeled, and behind is all the peelings. Before we moved here, I didn't know what water chestnuts really looked like!

About 15 minutes before we got to the restaurant, we passed this temple, where a few of the monks were around outside. Pretty interesting to see them in person.
Though our feet were tired when we arrived at the restaurant, we had a great time on our tour. Looking forward to doing it again sometime!