We both had work today. Parker started the morning going to kindergarten with a giant backpack full of clothes and video gear and Aubrey's rolling suitcase. Parker's school is Wells International School on Sukhumvit Soi 47 and our hotel is at Sukhumvit Soi 24. We are staying at the President Park Executive Serviced Apartments (http://www.presidentpark.com/). Parker checked in at around 4 PM where he was met by our Thai liaison Pam. She was very nice and informative about our activities in the upcoming days. Aubrey arrived around 5:30 PM after a day at Nursery just in time to unpack a little before meeting in the lobby at 6:00 PM to meet the other finalists!
We went to dinner at Ruen- Mallika Royal Thai Cuisine located at 13/10 Moo 9 Kaset- Navamin Road, Bueng Kum, Bangkok 10240 ( http://www.ruenmallika.com/ ), which was absolutely delicious! It was a culinary delight for the senses! It was a traditional Thai menu consisting of Morning Glory vegetables, gigantic prawn Tom Yum soup, Chicken Satay with peanut and cucumber sauce, fried fish, fried sea bass in fish oil, fried Thai flowers, red curry beef, and of course a tasty mango sticky rice for dessert!
Today we also met the other finalists Curtis & Mark (Bangkok), Mathieu and Emilia (Phuket), Michael Paul and Jennifer (Koh Samui), and Benjamin and Brian (Pattaya). It was great meeting the people we have seen such amazing work from, such as the beautiful City of Angels video from Curtis & Mark, seen the world from a birds-eye view with Mathieu and Emilia, experienced the adventurous spirit of the loving couple Michael and Jennifer and shared in the innovative itinerary-making process from Ben and Brian.
The first comment most of the other contestants told me, as well as every member of the TAT was "You look much younger in person than your video". The reason this was interesting was because I heard it not once, but about five different times! Everyone was in great spirits and very friendly. Everyone was excited to be in Thailand and couldn't wait to start their adventure!
Matieu, Emilia, Mark & Curtis!
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