Hello first graders,
Dr. Kevin took me half-way around the world to Asia. I am visiting a country called Thailand.
It was an exciting trip because it took 18 hours to fly here. It is the farthest that I have ever been from home. The time is very different here. When it is morning in Rock Hill, it is night time here. When it is night time in Rock Hill, it is morning here. That is because the sun can only shine on one side of the Earth at a time. When one side gets sunlight, the other side is in the dark. Right now while you are reading this, Dr. Kevin and I, and everybody else here are probably asleep.
I stayed in the hotel room all week while Dr. Kevin was working, but when the weekend came, we went out sight-seeing. The churches in Thailand are different from ours. They are called temples.
The temple has tall round towers. It is very old, and was built long ago. Thailand is an older country than the USA.
Have you ever had a pony ride? If you lived in Thailand, you could have an elephant ride! It is lots of fun, but a little scary, because you are up so high. The elephant stops by some steps. You walk up to the top to get on the elephant. There is a little chair to sit on, and an umbrella for shade, because it is so hot and sunny. The trainer (he's the man sitting in the front) takes you for a walk all around. We watched other people ride before we had our turn. Elephants walk very slowly, so I did get used and I had fun.
Dr. Kevin took me half-way around the world to Asia. I am visiting a country called Thailand.
It was an exciting trip because it took 18 hours to fly here. It is the farthest that I have ever been from home. The time is very different here. When it is morning in Rock Hill, it is night time here. When it is night time in Rock Hill, it is morning here. That is because the sun can only shine on one side of the Earth at a time. When one side gets sunlight, the other side is in the dark. Right now while you are reading this, Dr. Kevin and I, and everybody else here are probably asleep.
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| I spent lots of time in our hotel room. |
I stayed in the hotel room all week while Dr. Kevin was working, but when the weekend came, we went out sight-seeing. The churches in Thailand are different from ours. They are called temples.
The temple has tall round towers. It is very old, and was built long ago. Thailand is an older country than the USA.
Outside the temple are many statues of a man named Buddha who lived a long time ago. He is very important to the people here. They dress the statues in yellow cloth to show respect to Buddha.
Some other buildings that we saw are very old towers called prangs. They are made of stone, and have carved pictures and designs on them. You can't go inside. There are no doors or windows.
Have you ever had a pony ride? If you lived in Thailand, you could have an elephant ride! It is lots of fun, but a little scary, because you are up so high. The elephant stops by some steps. You walk up to the top to get on the elephant. There is a little chair to sit on, and an umbrella for shade, because it is so hot and sunny. The trainer (he's the man sitting in the front) takes you for a walk all around. We watched other people ride before we had our turn. Elephants walk very slowly, so I did get used and I had fun.
Dr. Kevin paid the man for our ride. Did you know that other countries have different money? In the USA we pay for things with dollars. In Thailand, people pay with bahts (say "bots")
Here is a picture of some money.
It is 1000 bahts. That is the same as 28 of our dollars.
You can see pictures of US presidents on our money. Do you know who is on our $1.00 bill?
Do you know whose picture is on our $5.00 bill?
In Thailand, all of the paper money has a picture of the same person. It is the King of Thailand.
His name is King Bhumibol . (say boom-ee-ball)
That's all for today. I will write some more later, after I have had more adventures in Thailand.
Your friend,
Flat Stanley
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