Update

So sorry for those avid readers of my blog (hi mom and dad)...but I have been really busy and my internet time has been devoted to facebook and email only haha. I have a few updates to fill you in on life here in Thailand:

1. My internship is officialy over but that does not mean the end of fun monk time. on monday we toured the zoo with them all afternoon in the swealtering heat and walked for easily six miles. This could have been the best day on the trip so far. The monks are so funny because they take pictures of EVERYTHING. Today we went to the Chiang Mai cultural museum which sounds boring but it was hilarious taking pictures of everything and everyone. We joke and say that the monks could make a flip book of the time we spend together because there are constant pictures being taken.

2. Wendesday we paid to get into a hotel pool in the afternoon and got some sun and went swimming. Not only that but our group has taken to finding good street food to eat for lunch before our adventures and I have never eaten such great food in my life...for one dollar! Today we had pork sautee which is curried pork on a stick with peanut sauce and clear soup...so arroy (which means delicious).

3. This past weekend I went to Marit's internship which is at an AIDS orphanage and we had ice cream and played with jump ropes, footballs, facepaints and balloons. It was really fun and it was good to see what Marit does for her internship too.

4. We had to say goodbye to our good friend Buoi on saturday because she is in Florida which was sad, but we also bought her plane ticket to Minnesota in May so I am very excited for that! We are planning on a really amazing time!

5. Sunday we had a Thai cooking class and let me tell you...you can hire me any time to make authenitc thai food and I will do it for you! We made green curry coconut coup (one of my favorites) and pad thai and fried bananas. I was so full after all of that! But it was really fun!

6. Classes have been good. We don't have language class anymore because we had our final in that already, but we still have thai writing, thai culture, and thai art left. Tomorrow is our last art class and next week is a four day week so I want to plan a trip maybe to doi intanon, the highest point in Thailand for some good hiking and fun!

7. I am getting homesick more often. Not terribly but it would be nice to have everything easy and normal again sometimes. Most times I forget I am even here but I think because we are leaving our host families soon I am going to feel a little homeless. O well...every day is a new day!

Aubs