A rowdy bus full of Pattarayan's teaching staff made our triumphant return to Saraburi (home of the Scout/Red Cross Camp we visited around Halloween). Along the way we stopped at Thailand's longest dam and a waterfall (which was really just a bunch of rocks because the water levels were low). While we were at the dam (see photo above), one of the Philippina teachers had to excuse herself from the excursion. While the bus took her to the nearest bathroom, the Thai teachers went on and on about 'Bella's diarrhea.' This lack of privacy is pretty standard in Thailand despite the embarrassment it creates. Though I would have been mortified, Bella handled it like a champ and smiled through the stomach cramps and audible whispers about her bowel movements and eating habits.
After arriving at the retreat area, we frolicked in a nearby waterfall. In the evening we sang karaoke, gambled, and played rummy until 2am. Bad news: I lost 15 baht, or about 50 cents, in a game similar to blackjack (instead of 21, the magic numbers are 8, 9, 18, 19, 28, or 29). Good news: I won 3 out of 4 rummy games. Bad news: nobody will play rummy with me anymore. In the morning we gambled a bit more. I won 15 baht and decided to quit while I was even. Then an adventurous group of us went to the ATV place again and took an ambitious ride over some dusty terrain. On our way back to Nakhon Chaisi, we revisited places from the last trip- a vineyard and another dam. I hopped off the bus in Bangkok and hurried to meet up with my parents at the Oriental!
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