Soi dogs and fried rice

First, I need to make a bit of an addendum to my previous entry. I was pretty jet lagged and said that I had met with Jim the teacher and that he was Max's uncle. Actually he is Alec's uncle, Sue's brother. Lack of sleep can be a powerful memory eraser.

Anyway, I am back from Samui now and in Bangkok again. I had written a fourth blog in Samui but it was deleted as a monsoon came in and we lost power for a while. The weather on Samui was amazingly fickle, clear skies with sun followed in ten minutes by torrential downpours and ten minutes later with clear skies. It was sort of like extreme suntanning. I took a lot of pictures while i was out there but I need to find a service that will let me put them up en masse for everyone to see with out membership or codes.

I was thinking of some of the things that I am slowly becoming used as I spend time in Thailand. It's really amazing how certain things that seem really alien can become common and habitual in such a short time. For instance, dogs. Thailand has about 10 million of these furry mongrels and they go anywhere they feel like, including temples, restaurants and int he street. Still, after a week in samui I just got to expect being chased by soi dogs (street or feral dogs) as I walked through the temple area at night. I also got used to seeing them laying in the road, asleep, with cars going around them. They barely raise an eyebrow at all this commotion and continue resting in "their" road.

Something else that seemed strange was eating fried rice or noodles for breakfast and omelette's for dinner. Even after one week I find I love to eat this way and have just gotten back from breakfast of fried rice with eggs and chilies. Smoothies and fruit at 10 pm are the norm as I walk down the ever bustling street of Khao san road. Food over in Thailand is sort what you want, how you want it, whenever you want it.

Oh, I've also made a traveling buddy. His name is Dan and he's from London, England. He was walking down the street with his finger in a guide book with that "oh my god!" expression on his face I remember having just 9 days ago. I struck up a conversation and soon we were hanging out and grabbing a beer at the local pub. His friends come in tonight and I look forward to getting to know everyone. Well, that's about it for right now. I'll check in again soon and I hope everyone is well.

Namaste,
Adam