Sorrrrrryyy! It's been a bit since i have not really been around the internet which has, well, been a really great thing. Another great thing is I dont have much time now. But...
For the last month, (more than a month actually, i over stayed my welcome and had to pay up due to visa expiration bull) I've been in Thailand. Bangkok, Phuket, Ko Phanang, Ko Tao, Chang Mai, and Pai. I love Thiland i do. it was a nice break from the difficulties of traveling in India. Everything is just so easy. You wanna go somewhere? There is a travel agent around every corner. Any type of food you want you can find, including burger kings and subways, and there are white people everywhere. It just makes the whole backbacking thing way easy, and I dont like easy. Sometimes its nice but really it started to get annoying and after Ko Tao I had had it. So we went north to Chaing Mai and Pai. If anyone is looking for a place to travel in Thailand fuck the rest, go here! Maybe not fuck the rest. there are some great places down south. I would do the Andaman Cost though, Ko Lipe and such. the south is beautiful but to hit the heart of Thailand, to really feel the love of the people and see their beauty and compaction, hit up Pai. Whlie walking through the night market we came across a fully uniformed thai police man. He had a guitar in hand and was playing let it be. when approached for a picture he stopped and gave us the piece sign. As stupid as many would think that was, as hilarious as it is to hear a Thai man sing the Beatles, It was refreshing. The more I scanned this small community wide eyed, smile spanning ear to ear, the more it charmed my socks off. The first sign I saw was We <3 Pai, Pai <3s You. I sat down for breakfast one morning and a Thai dude named Dang pulls up a chair and strikes up a convo. Nicest guy ever. Turns out he runs this free festival with all types of hippie music and asks me to bring my drum and drum friends to contribute to a drum circle that will join every part of the world. Told him i would see what i could do. But everyone's intentions are so genuine its refreshing. I love love loveeeeeddd Pai.
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Gianna I'm so proud of you! I'm sitting here on my couch in my apartment reading about your adventures thinking about how brave you and Erica are and how this trip is going to be one that you will hold with you for the rest of your life. It's so refreshing to hear about a friend doing what they've always dreamed of doing. You wanted to travel the world, and you're doing it. There's not a lot of people who have the courage to drop everything and go follow their dreams. I love hearing about what you do and see there everyday, because I don't know if I'll ever get to be there. Keep writing! I wish you guys the best.
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