I love Dream World! I just think the best value, 30 US for the day and the food is so cheap and just everything is well done. There are live shows, 4D shows, parades, rides, magicians, a water play area, snow area, just everything. We decided to go on Friday and I thought I would take Willa as a pre birthday treat and it turned out they were thinking of going and Jamie and family. So off we left this morning for a fun filled and exhausting Sunday.
Mark Russo has been a great addition to Bangkok. But like most people I love here, I do not get to see them often enough. Thursday Mark had a friend in her family here from the US. Mark worked with Julie in the Peace Core in Thailand 20 years ago. He invited all of us for dinner at a Thai restaurant that was new to me. It was fabulous, a big vegetarian menu (and all of us were veggie but Mark, so he only had veggie too), and beautiful. Also Sebastian and their daughter Estelle hit it off immediately and we all had a great evening. Estelle reminded me so much of my niece, Freda. I was trying to get a full on picture of her but did not manage one. But she was great and looked so similar it was almost uncanny.
After a long week away from Sebastian we were long deserved a date night. And his new obsession is with virtual reality. We Mummy aims to please, so Tuesday evening we were off battling zombies and finding our way through a haunted house. The staff there were pretty impressed he was able to do it, particularly the haunted house without being terrified. I am not sure why they were not worried about me, as I cowered in a corner as the zombies and ghosts jumped out at me. It is surreal how real it is, it must be very funny to watch people doing it.
At least I did not do the full triathlon - 0.5km swim, 20km cycle and 6k run was what I did. I did it in 1hr and 33 minutes placing 7th. The bike was the funniest and I think if i actually knew what I was doing I could have gained an extra 5 minutes here. The swim was so hard, it was in an awful lake and it was scary. I am super happy I did it and feeling proud.
Most people thought I was crazy, I ran from the bus from camp and jumped into a taxi to head to the airport and my first ever Triathlon. And instead of starting with a small one, I chose an Internationally recognised one, that has actually been dubbed as one the Worlds best by many publications. There are Olympians and pros from all over the world attending. I was extremely nervous, especially with a sore knee, the lack of riding a bike on an actual road and no recent swims as our pool closed (for repair). But I got there, got my bike, went to the briefings, found a friend and felt sick with nerves all day Saturday.
