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My impressions of 3 weeks in Thailand:

Two days ago we were still in Thailand and busy with filming and going around meeting farmers in different parts. It's all a bit of a blur because we did so much stuff in such a small space of time. But some of the things we did stand out clearly and I know I'll have these memories for the rest of my life.

Some of the highlights were going to see the ruins in the old city of Ayutthaya; going to see the temples in Bangkok, including the golden Buddha and emerald Buddha and the black Buddha in Ayutthaya; staying by the Mekong river on Lena's birthday; going to the movies with Kris and his girlfriend; interviewing the lady farmer who had been planting rice since she was 10 years old.

Seeing the old ruins in Ayutthaya was just stunning and so amazing. We got to go down under one of the tall buildings and you could feel this whole weight pressing down on you from above. To get down to the bottom you had to go down these really steep stairs and we had to leave Mum at the top cos she's afraid of heights. Down below Lena got a bit claustrophobic and she ran up the stairs too fast and smacked her head on a very solid piece of rock that was hanging over the stairs.

Also fascinating were all these Buddha figures with heads missing lined up along many of the walls. On our last night staying in Ayutthaya we filmed the sunset in one of the old city ruins and it just looked beautiful. The sunsets are more stunning because of all the pollution hanging on the horizon.

On the second day we were there we met two girls. One was 17 and the other was 16. They invited us to stay that night with them at one of their houses. In the morning we walked down to a local shop to have freshly squeezed juice and some mango for breakfast. After that we went to a special temple to give food to the monks as an offering.

Well that's about all for now take care and I'll try and send more stuff to put on the blog page when I can.