flowing

Well, time has been flying by. In a travelling foursome of ladies, Sara, two Canadian friends we've made, Shanelle and Sylvie, and I all caught a ride to Southern Thailand with a sweet Thai couple, Wewe and Dang. They saw Sara and thought just one person needed a ride; when we all tumbled into their car, they were totally suprised but happy to help. We were squeased into the back seat, four giggling hippy girls, and Wewe and Dang totally loved us. They took us to Wewe's sister's home and we spent the night and morning living as Thai's do, had a feast on floor mats and slept all together in one big room. They dropped us off in Ayuthaya, the old capital of Thailand and we explored anciet ruins of the old city, destroyed by Burmese invaders in the 1700's. Then our foursome caught a train to Bangkok and found a hotel that lets travellers live on their rooftop for free. There are hammocks but I sleep in my tent to avoid the mosquitos (who love my blood abnormally excessively!) Sara and I had to wait a week for our visas to India so we've really had the chance to explore Bangkok. It's been fun despite the immensity of the city below a layer of hot humid smog. I can find my way along the public transit routes of subway and skyway, but my favorite mode is by canal boat and I can argue with tuk tuk drivers like a local. There was a world music festival for four nights and some of the music was so magical, I couldn't help but dance, which is funny because there were only a few Thai dancing but many foreigners. Sara and I were dancing on national television for the second time, the first being on New Year's eve with the circus. Ohh, I'm famous! Thankfully, our India visas arrived and Sara and I are getting out of Bangkok, off to the clean air and forests in the West. I picked out a drum at the giant outdoor weekend market and have been banging on that for the past few days and Sara and I extended our plane tickets till June 7. It's kinda crazy, thinking of where I'll be and what will happen in the next four months, but I couldn't imagine leaving all this in March. I'll miss coming home but there is just so much to see.

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