next stop: mae sot

for the continued adventure of cathy and jenn's thailand adventure, you will next follow us down to mae sot... where i forgot to take many pictures. we ate burmese food, went to the day markets, visited my old school, and hung out in my apartment (which cathy nicely referred to as "rustic" haha). it was nice to have a low key day and a half especially since the lower half of my person was still not entirely thrilled about its new toasty state.

it was really great to have someone close to me understand what it is i'm doing a bit more. i pointed out the organizations i work with, gave her a tour of mae tao clinic, she met people and saw where i live. this somehow makes it seem more real.

the adventure picked up again however on the bus ride to our next destination: sukhothai. i took a picture from inside the minivan:


this was one of the most eventful rides i have had thus far (note me holding on to the seat in front of me). the crazy driving the driver was engaging in really wasn't the noteworthy part. (getting around this country is a daily exercise in the study of incompetent vehicle operations.)

it was more our fellow passengers and their propensity for carsickness that made it memorable? the strangest was the woman sitting in front of us. first i would like to point out that she had on a t-shirt that on the back said, "DINOSAUR!" the shirt was however covered with cartoon teddy bears wearing neon pink sneakers. i wish you could see this in the picture.

she seemed to take the whole tip in stride and, in fact, even appeared to be sleeping through almost all the driving. it wasn't until we'd stop that, without fail, she would lose it. weird.