Time is passing so quickly here. I feel like I have been living in a dream, a wonderful dream at that. It feels like every time I stop to take a breath or to look around another moment slips right by me.
It has now been almost six months scince I began my Journey here. I am glad to say that everyday I am still excited by the littlest things here. Whether It's the old man who knows me by name everytime I stop to buy ice cream after school or the first time I started to dream in Thai, I still get the greatest satsfaction from them.
The language has been becoming easier and I find myself understanding more and more everyday. I learn the most from my friends at school, who are happy to help me. One thing I that has really helped me is coming to the realization that everyone is already laughing at me because I am a foreiner, that I wont loose anything by making a mistake speaking. And it's true most Thai people do laugh at me when I speak, but I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing.
Changing families was really hard because I became so close to my last family. In my new family I have two host sisters (12 and 17) and a mom and dad. The mom and the dad both own gold shops and are very busy. They leave home before I wake up and return after 6pm. I feel lonely a lot, but I am trying to make friends with my sisters so it will be less so. The weirdest thing here is that they have pretty much the equvilent of two servents or "housework" as Thai's call them. One goes to work all day with the parents and the other stays home to clean and cook. I come home from school and my room is clean and my clothes are washed. I know it sounds nice, but the servents aren't very happy people. They do this 7 days a week, wakeing up at 5am and going to bed after midnight. I think the hardest day was when one of the "housework" left my sisters door open and when she came home and found misqutoes in her room started screaming at the "housework". I am trying not to notice things like this because it is their way of life here, but I know this is one thing I won't miss.

Northern Tour

Here are a few Pictures from The tour I took with Rotary to the North of Thailand