Thai ’08 Journal 11

Sundays are our group-outing days. Today we went to the ancient ruins at Ayutthaya. We started off with elephant rides, which was a memorable experience for most of the group who had never done anything like it. And then we toured ruins from a 15^th century temple. On the website are some photos that you might find quite stunning.

On the way back we took in a little shopping and eating at Tesco Lotus. Some of the team members were very happy to be eating familiar foods--like pizza that rivals Pizza Hut.

Again tonight most were able to get caught up on e-mails as the team members lined up to use my computer. It was a good and fun-filled day. Tomorrow the work begins in earnest!!! I suspect everyone will be quite exhausted at the end of each day, but will have a feeling of satisfaction from the work that they will have done.