Camille Marie

So much for writing in here more! The past few weeks have been so busy here and I finally have a few minutes to write. Ive been trying to keep a journal also, so it gets very repetitive writing in both, but hopefully I remember to update a little more often. In my last blog I said how we had just switched rooms in our hotel, well that didn't work out too well. Sinthana was pretty much a dump-dirty, full of mold, and not very homey. Yesterday Rowan, Kara, Katelyn, and I decided to move across the street to a new hotel which is wonderful! For only $30 more a month we have an enormous room, comfortable pillows, a clean area, and finally feel like we arent living in a motel anymore, yay! I am so ... read more

Made it through week one in Thailand and it has been awesome! The first few days were a bit difficult to adjust to, but I feel like I fit in better and don't feel so out of place anymore, yay! The first week of classes were pretty slow. My Thai language class is tough..the language is so different and its a struggle trying to remember all of the words and tones that you speak in. On Wednesday we had our welcome dinner at this place called Kantoke Palace, which is a traditional thai restaurant (and complete tourist attraction). They served a variety of thai dishes, including stir fry veggies, fried pork, fried bananas, chicken, this weird chili paste, and some other things. They also had a performance where they showed a bunch of traditional thai dances, ... read more