Ease on down Sankampaeng Road

I can't wait to visit Bo Sang - the umbrella making villiage, not to mention the rest of Sankampaeng Road which is sometimes referred to as the ”handicrafts highway”.

From Yahoo Travel:

For more than 200 years, almost everyone in the small village of Bor Sang has been earning a living from the umbrella trade, silk and cotton umbrellas and paper parasols. Watch the umbrellas being made, then choose one from the variety of beautiful and colorful designs to take home as a souvenir. There is also an annual fair, held each January on the main street, which features an umbrella procession, beauty contests, exhibitions and the selling of umbrellas and other handicrafts.

Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School

This is the place I'm thinking of taking cooking classes

http://www.thaicookeryschool.com/index.html

I'm pretty sure I want to take:
Course #3: Tour of the Local Market
Course #4: Shopping at the Market

I'm sure all 5 courses are great but I think 2 days is probably long enough for me as I'm a total amateur and don't want to blow my own mind. Or something like that.

But who knows? I should do a bit more research I guess.

Growl! I found it!

So the other day I found out about the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi and started to wonder (obsess) if we couldn't fit it into our itinerary somewhere. While our plans are still very flexible at this point, I was not sure how we'd get from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi and figured I needed to do some research before getting my heart officially set on going. Afterall, I wouldn't want to be officially disappointed. Well, exactly one google search later and viola!:

http://www.tigertemplethailand.com/

It looks like for about $125 - $135 US dollars we can take a day trip that goes a little something like this:

7:30-8:00 Leave Bangkok for Kanchanaburi.

08:30 First Stop visit to floating market of Damnoen Saduak

11:30 Kanchanaburi visit to Bridge over the River Kwai and war cemetery of allied prisoners.

12:00 Lunch floating restaurant over looking the Bridge

01.00 Visit Tiger Temple in the dimension of Tiger Island Project and then touch the nature of tigers and other kind of wild animals such as deer, wild fowl, wild boar

03:00 Wang Po, time allowing all: Feed Wild Monkeys, Kaset Buddha Cave, Trestle Bridge part of the Death Railway, River Rafting, Elephant Cam.

05:00 Leave Kanchanaburi Province for Bangkok.

Price for all tours includes: Driver, Van, Guide and lunch. Gate fee paid Tiger Temple and Floating Market. Vehicle is a Modern High Top Van with A/C

To me this seem like a pretty sweet deal and I'd be hard pressed not to go for it. But what do you think Kristin?

Boo! Halloween in Bangkok - Our first real night there.

From http://studenttravel.about.com/od/coolevents/ss/halloween_3.htm

Halloween in Bangkok, Thailand

Silom Soi 4, a street of bars, restaurants and clubs, is the scene for a massive Halloween street party in Bangkok. Although Halloween celebrations abound in Bangkok, this one is the queen. The Bangkok gay population comes out in force and revelers from the world over carry on long past the witching hour. Be there or be square. And wear a costume - the more outrageous, the better.

Take a look at the Witch's Tavern while in Bangkok, too. Rockin' good time. In Soi Thong Lo (Thong Lo Road): 306/1 Sukhumvit 55.