So I hope this works.
Here is what I wrote on the train today
Oh no, it is not letting me copy and paste!! DAMN
Okay, briefly, I will tell you that this is an amazing place. It is very very different from India. It is very clean and beautiful. Of course there are areas of poverty............but mostly it is all quite close together and an incredible array of architecture. Temples and shrines all over the place. EVERY garden has a shrine. AND THEY LOVE LOVE LOVE THE KING. Today as Mady and I were waiting for our train to Phitsanoluk at exactly 8:00 a police man went to the middle of the station and everyone stood up!!!!
Now we are in Sukothai. The original capitol and site of many old ruins. We got here late and will explore tomorrow.
Bangkok was very sophisticated, more like Vancouver than Seattle. However, this place is not so techy as India. I have not found many internet cafes and could not figure out the phone card to try to call Sonny to tell him I got here safe!!! Oh well. More to learn.
For now surfice it to say I love being here, I love being someplace where I do not understand what is said most of the time and so I spend a great deal of time smiling and having people laugh at me when I try to pronounce words.
I am sorry this is such a sketchy entry, tomorrow we will go to a better internet cafe where someone says you can work in English!!
love to you all
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3 comments:
Glad to hear you got to Thailand. Sounds like an adventure. Thinking of you and hoping you continue to have a safe, wonderful, mind-blowing, life expanding time that you will share with us all. love Larry
Your message came in my email in box which was a delight to see...ahh your curiosity i can see loud and clear...enjoy kk and hellos to mady,
I am so excited for you and the fact that I'll get to be a vicarious adventurer through you. Lonnie and I are playing it safe and going to Maui for a week before he starts his new job. I'll look for you exciting stories daily. I love you.
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