Motorbikes

I taught the house mother, one of the nannies, and one of the teachers some more English today. I find it quite fun. I then went with Averil, the teacher from New Zealand, to have cake with a friend. We actually went to a Western place, The Duke's-created by a guy from Chicago, but it was air conditioned and a nice break from the heat. The woman we met up with named Sam is from British Columbia, Canada. She was really funny and is retiring in Thailand with her husband Cliff. She speaks more freely and comicly than the other Westerners I have met here (which have been mostly missionaries).

Upon returning home, Pat, one of the teachers, asked me to go to the market with her. I then realized after agreeing and walking outside that this meant I would have to get on the back of her motorbike. If you know me, you know I am a nervous person hah so I thought about backing out since motorbikes here get into a lot of accidents. The accidents occur mostly because they drive without ANY road courtesy and motorbikes zoom in and out of traffic. So anyway I sucked it up and climbed on back and I am alive!! I actually found it kind of fun, like an amusement ride. I don't think I would get on one of those anymore though. It's funny how the Thais aren't afraid of getting on one at all. At the market, I got the Hellos from a couple of guys, that I haven't experienced thus far because I was mostly with Averil too or in a place where there were more foreigners. This market was all Thais. I bought some sticky rice cakes. They were also selling anything you can think of plus fried red ants, what looked like fried cockroaches, and some nasty looking little birds eggs with holes in them. Interesting.

Tomorrow, I am leaving for Chiang Rai, Northeast of Chiangmai, with Bill and Malee. We will be visiting other children's homes-ones that aren't quite as nice as the one I am working at. We will stay overnight, go to the markets, etc. then return here on Saturday. Until then, Brittany