on route

so the trip to my placement begins romantically....at 5am until the bright moonlight of the biggest moon in the past 18 years. made me wonder where ill be in the next 18?... a quick ride to the bus station where i grabbed a 6 hour bus to chiang mai where ill be hanging out tonight to meet with my organization tomorrow to find out what ill be doing. then i head down under to an old Vietnam War R&R (rest and relaxation) area -- Pattaya...oh baby i'm going to the beach. but thats all i know. not much. haha

its been an interesting week going through orientation with my cohorts. a great bunch of people and so diverse. as i said before we hail from all over - oz, england, france and singapore. by the end of the week we had the best time making fun of each other while we made our attempts at different accents. the brits said my english accent was not too bad. :) haha, i kept it minimal though.

ah, and our last night together was spent on a long bike ride, eating mexican food, and a st pattys day party. oh and trying to haul me around because i had to return my bike. let me just say that riding on the back of a bike is not as easy as it may seem. i do have a nice bruise where i fell off in one of our practice runs and definitely had a few close calls with some brick walls. but still in one piece and happy!

so tomorrow hopefully ill be finding out more about what work ill be doing and where ill be settling. :)