Ella’s Thailand Talk

Hi! Sorry, again, for taking so long to write, but I was enjoying my time in Thailand very much so I didn’t blog. When we landed at the airport we waited for our hotel’s cab, but neither Merrill’s and mine nor Aba, Troy’s, and Asher’s came so we hired a taxi instead. We drove to the hotels, we decided to stay at two separate hotels, and were calmed by the humidity of the tropical climate. However, when we got out of the car I had to stop myself from laughing because my hotel was large and luxurious and its next-door neighbor, Aba’s hotel, was this tiny little pink dwarf of a building. The boys ended up changing hotels, but for the time being, I found this very funny. There was a slight problem when Merrill checked us into our hotel because we’d accidentally booked their sister hotel, the Muang Samui Villas, instead of the Muang Samui Spa Resort, but because it’s the off-season now, we got a room anyway. We ate lunch and did homework, then went to dinner and slept after meeting some sweet orange and white kittens who were living by the hotel pool! The next morning we did homework and went to the beach and pool, and that night we went to the movie theatre and saw a new movie called Bohemian Rhapsody about the lead singer of the band Queen, Freddie Mercury. I actually enjoyed the movie, but I know it is missing a lot of information and isn’t very detailed or explanatory. As usual, before movies in Thailand, we had to watch a short video about the current king of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn’s, life. The next day, as we were doing homework, Asher and I made a terrible discovery. Tragically, and at least to me unexpectedly, Marvel’s creator, Stan Lee, had died the night before. Not all of you will know about Stan Lee and I won’t write about him here, but I just want to give a little shout out to him. Thank you, Stan. You have lived and been loved a lot and by many people during your 95 years of life, and you have given joy to many people as well. My brother, Asher, loves Marvel comics and movies and they are something that he talks about incessantly. Your cameos are some of my favorite parts in Marvel movies. Thank you, Stan. RIP.

After I finished my homework and swam, I began to make a memorial for Stan Lee in the sand but I had to stop because of rain. I had covered up my memorial so it was undamaged, and I planned to finish it the next day, but it looked like somebody had stepped on it repeatedly the next morning.

Aba, Troy, Asher and I swam out to a small shell-covered island early the next morning while the water was still, and we spent the rest of the day relaxing and doing homework. As I sat in the water, I happened to pick up the most beautiful shell that I have ever seen. It was minuscule, perhaps half a centimeter tall and wide, and it was orange. There were natural red zigzag designs on it and black and brown squiggles. There was only one problem, there was a small snail inside of it. With a heavy heart and an insistent Aba, I didn’t even get to take a picture of the small treasure before I hurled it back into the ocean. We went out for dinner and I bought a glass crab for my glass animal collection because I saw a crab in the wild for the first time! The next morning I woke up early and got dressed, but the water was very welcoming so I stepped into the ocean with my pants rolled up and walked around. For the first time on the trip, I saw a crab swimming as well as small fish that blended in with the sand… I also tried to look for the shell… It was wonderful and calm and peaceful, but the taxi arrived and though I was sad, I had to leave. We flew to Bangkok and then to Ho Chi Minh City, our destination. We stepped into Vietnam, but the rest of this story is for another post.

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Ella