Alas...I will write anyways!
I haven't had much to talk about because I haven't done much until these last 2 weeks. I wake up, I teach, get frustrated with my kids, they make me laugh and I love them again, I sit at my computer until 4:15 then I go home. Nothing special really.
It amazes me how much I had not prepared myself to get into a rut if you will while here. Most people are like OMG TEACHING IN THAILAND! HOW AWESOME! At least I was, but it is a real job, I do the 8-4 job and pay bills. It isn't just going on rad adventures all the time, but luckily I was able to do some that I want y'all to experience!
Ayutthaya:
Ayutthaya was the capital of Siam, which was ruined by Burma when they were at war. Burma came in and destroyed these temples, desecrated the Buddhist statues by cutting their heads off and selling them and stealing the gold. Of out the destruction, Siam died and Thailand was born and now people from all walks of life are going to see these amazing ruins. Ayutthaya is a complex in the middle of the city and it is miles and miles of city and temples mixed! There were over 40 different complexes or monuments to see! To walk among this amazing place and feel the love that was here, the dedication to their faith from the Thai people and how massive and amazing the ancient Siam was took me by shock. I was standing watching monk walk through the complexes knowing that 400 years ago the monks were doing the same thing in a vastly different setting full of gold and beauty. This will definitely be one of my favorite places I have ever been too, and I hope that one day I will get to return!
Koh Tao (Turtle Island):
First off let me say, getting to and from Koh Tao was a royal pain in my butt! The bus rides to and from were ridiculously expensive (in Thai standards that is, in English it was only about 40 bucks, but I was able to do my whole Ayutthaya trip on about 55 bucks so a ton of money!) The window leaked when it rained so my seat was soaked, I was soaked and then the person in front put their seat back so I was so squished I lost feeling in my legs. I ended up moving and laying on the floor in the back of the bus. Definitely, a rough trip! However, when I got their it was amazing! I got scuba certified, which was about 3.5 days of a classroom/in water mix. I learned how to breath, use a dive computer, breathe with my buddy, use my compass to determine where I want to go in the water and so much more.
I cannot even begin to tell you how amazing this experience was. Most of you know I have an unhealthy but totally valid obsession with the beach and becoming a mermaid. To be able to swim next to fish, and have large schools of fish swim around you is absolutely breathtaking and honestly, it is not something I can truly do justice when I am trying to describe it. You truly see the wonder of creation, the mysteries of the ocean and how insignificant my small problems were because underneath the surface are thousand so fish and marine life that will change your entire perspective of what a problem is. It may sound silly I know, but being under the water with the fish and just exploring clicked open something in my soul that I didn't know was locked. I have always been a water person, but know I am itching to get back out there, to spend every chance I have diving and exploring the open waters! I'm telling you it was like being in an underwater version of the movie Avatar; beautiful colors, marine life that I didn't know I existed, things that looked like a bright blue or orange 2 inch Christmas tree that would slam shut into the coral if it got scared. It was WILD and AMAZING!
It also made me really want to be a dive instructor haha. They sat around on the beach all day or in the boat and got to teach people how to become one with the ocean and all that accompanies it.
I don't know what my next adventure will hold but and it might be a few weeks off, but I know it will be amazing and I am so looking forward to it!
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