Exam week.

I’m back in Bangkok after a nice weekend in Pattaya. On Friday my gem class went on a field trip to Chantanburi, it’s a town fairly close to the Cambodian Border. They used to have mines there, but now it has one of the largest colored stone markets in the world. What a scene…..people literally walk the streets with rubies, sapphires and other colored stones, and sell them to buyers that come every Friday and Saturday. The storefronts are empty shops with desks that the owners rent to stone buyers to sit at while sellers come in and show there stones. It’s an amazing place. I didn’t buy any stones(I’m still trying to catalogue and photograph the ones I already have), but I did get some tools, Scale, tweezers, lupe, and a little light.

This is the last week of my colored stone class, so I’m taking exams on Wednesday and Thursday. After that I’m going to go to Singapore to get my Education Visa. That means I’m gonna get to go to Taco Bell! Woooooohooooo!!!