the little children who all were allowed to get so dirty and play with real knives (certianly this would never happen in most homes in California but it was a nice change)
our ride to river rafting
elisa on her bed for the evening (as you can see, the walls let in all kind of light and bugs and sound so we slept with mosquito net and the much needed ear plugs)
Adele reading by candlelight
Helle and one of the little girls (on of the little boys kept coming down to our table and sticking out his hand for our food which we gladly gave to him and then saw where he was taking it- to his little girlfriends. Precious really).
So this is hereby my debut on this nicely crafted blog that celebrate a time in elisa and my life, in our friendship, that is unlinke anything we've ever done together before. So, where are we? Hmm....maybe I should start reading myown blog:) I have been busy lately getting my life in Hong Kong packed up and managed to fly off to Thailand, reunited with my best friend after five months apart, and so when I have time to get on the internet I have been prioritizing writing to individual people. So, apologies. I know you all were dying to hear my take on the situation here but now you can all let out a sigh of relief and know that I am here. This is my second time in Thailand. I willingly agreed to return here with Elisa when we were discussing travel plans many months ago because when I went earlier this February i knew four nights was certainly not enough to see what this country has to offer. Even our recent decision to forego our trip to cambodia (as we would have had to spend two full days travelling) does not leave us enough time to really see this beautiful country. But we are trying to cram in as much as we can while we are here and just returned from an 8 hour cooking class as proof that we are trying to experience Thailand in many different ways. The first and foremost seeming to be through our tastebuds. So, yes, I can now make you pad thai and spring rolls and homemade curry and mango and sticky rice and all the essential thai dishes we americans have come to associate with thai food. It was a lovely class with a trip to the farm, a briefing of ingredients and then a feast of our personally cooked food. We fell asleep on on the bus ride home- tired from all the food and standing. I would give you more details but we are off to dinner with some people (believe it or not, we are eating more!). please still be my friend if you don't recognize me the next time you see me. I can only blame coconut based dishes and my belief that to experience a culture is to experience the cuisine. So far elisa and I are excelling in this department. We are also meeting other travellers (off to dinner to meet our new friends from Norway and bringing along some others from our backpackers hostel from Denmark and Australia). We even partied with local Thai universtiy students last night at this substantial bar/club called the "warm up bar". let's just say that if this is merely the warm up, then i don't know what the actual game is. Needless to say, I am enjoying my time here, taking in Thailand and cathcing up with Elisa. I am missing Hong Kong and all the people in it who are either travelling themselves or are back home experiencing the reverse culture shock that I am soon to find myself in.
I will post pics but I dont think they could really do it justice. Seen some amazing sights here. Thanks for reading and, as always, more later!
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