Clearly I am horrible with this whole blog thing.. but anyways... I'll try to fill you in quickly on some events of the past few days.

Before I do that (here I go on a tangent already.. but whatever) I just wanted to preserve on the internet the troubling thought that I have had today that this trip will soon just be a closed chapter of my life. Basically, I'm already mourning the end of this trip and its not even over.. pretty lame, eh?

OK enough of pointless paragraphs.

Last weekend, Mackenzie, Casey, Kate and I went to Krabi. We stayed at a nice guesthouse for the equivalent of 3 bucks a night.. not too bad. The following morning we went to a wat (temple) and climbed 1,237 steps to reach the stupa (Buddhist shrine containing a relic related to Buddha) at the top. To help you picture what 1, 237 steps really is.. we basically climbed a mountain using stairs. We picked up some Dutch backpacker on the way up so the 5 of us did the climb in about 45 minutes. I felt like I was on a family hike.. with everyone competing not to be last and shortening their water breaks to not look weak.(we are very mature). The experience at the top was one of my most memorable of the trip. I did a lot of writing at the top and want to tell you more about my feelings in person.. so just remind me.

The next day we went sea kayaking to see sea caves. One cave has drawing from 3000 BCE. they were cool. We also learned about the Sea Gypsies of Trang Province and how they knew the tsunami was coming before everyone else and tried to warn people about the waves but few people believed them. It was fascinating.

That day we went to Railay, a rockclimbing hotspsot. There we found cheap rooms for 1.50 a night and I spent much of the afternoon in a hammock overlooking the water. Great backpacker vibe and fire show at night made this part of the trip awesome. Our boatride over there was unreal.. very bumpy.. our longtail boat was more than half out of the water as we wave jumped... I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face during that ride.

Teaching is still wonderful. more singing and dancing and goofyness in general.

Monday we went to a local pottery workshop and made clay pots on a pottery wheel.
Tuesday we saw the ancient Thai dance, Menorah performed in a school. Very beautiful costumes and some funny facial expressions on the 13 year old dancers.
Wednesday we went on a trip to a weaving village and saw silk fabrics being made by Thai women. I made a video on my camera, ask me to see it when I see you.. its fascinating.
Today we went to botanical gardens and went on a tree canopy walk 75 ft. up.
Now I am packing.

I'm off to Chaing Mai with Casey tomorrow. We will be there until Monday night when we fly to Bangkok and then I'll be home early Thursday morning.

Again, I didn't proofread or edit... sorry if it bothers you.