Thailand

Made it! Thailand is AMAZING! After a 10hr van ride across Sri Lanka followed by two more plane rides I finally made it.

Upon arriving at the airport, my friend Nott and his family picked me up and promptly whisked me away to the beach where we lounged around all day, snorkeled, and had lunch.

The ocean here is like a swimming pool. It is crystal clear and absolutely beautiful. Upon jumping in it felt like I was in a bathtub. Definitely warmer than Sri Lanka. There are hundreds of little islands off the coast as well.

I am a little sad I missed Songkrans, which is the Thai New Years celebration. I hear it is one big water fight. I really would have liked to experienced that, but oh well.

I had a little bit of culture shock upong arriving in Thailand. It is completely the opposite of Sri Lanka. The weather is similar, but that is about it. There are soooooo many tourists here! Today I definitely saw more tourists then locals. Nott's parents were telling me that some of the beaches have so many tourists on them that they feel like the beaches are not even part of Thailand. Like they are different a different country.

Well I am about to pass out, because I am running on 5 hours of sleep. But so far today was a good start to the Thailand leg of my journey.

I think I see a little four day stint in Cambodia in my future, before heading to Bali for 3weeks and then home. I really want to see the ruins at Ankor Wat and the Khemor Rouge killing fields in Phenom Pen. But we shall see. Hopefully the pieces will fall into place. The people I have met have all had nothing but great things to say about Cambodia.

That is all for now. PEACE!