On Friday, we met Oh and Odd for dinner near Chinatown. The restaurant was small and hot, with lots of noise from the street outside, the kitchen, and a TV, but the food was great. At first, I was afraid to try the fish served complete with head, tail, and fins, but once I tried it, it turned out to be good.

On Saturday, Ying and Nicholas took a Tuk Tuk (motorized rickshaw) to the water bus on the Chao Praya river to visit Oh and Odd's house in Nontaburi, which is not far from Bangkok. Oh and Odd took Nicholas and his new friends Oat and Ahm to a Buddhist wat on the Chao Praya river, where the three kids had lots of fun feeding the fish. The rest of the day was spent at Oh and Odd's house playing together. Aside from being fun, playing with other kids is a good way for Nicholas to "study Thai".

The AUA language school will be closed for the Songklan water festival next week, so I spent the day Saturday studying Thai at AUA. Since the school is closed next week, I'll have a chance to do some sightseeing with Ying before we head off to Hat Yai and Koh Chang.

Nicholas is meeting his Uncle Muu ("Lung Muu") and cousin Pan ("Pii Pan") for the first time today. We will meet them in about half an hour (9:30am here) for a day at Ayutthya, the old capital of Thailand.