MicahJohn

Ubon is a smaller city than Beijing, but someone unknown to me has successfully diagrammed (what in the States would be considered) the lawlessness of the traffic here.

If you haven’t experienced the reality of these diagrams, you may find this video helpful.

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Thanks Steve

I’ve now been back to school for a week (with Thursday off!). I miss my old schedule. Particularly I miss the wide open spaces for lunch (at standard lunch times). I also am not a fan of teaching first period three days a week. Fortunately, I’m tough. I will survive odd lunch times and first period classes. (applause please)

17 hours in a bus. Too tired to say more.

So today I rented a motorcycle (Honda Click) for about $5. I put about $2 worth of gas in it and set off up the nearest mountain.

One of the first things I came to was a rather grand temple. The stairs alone were rather imposing.

Next I arrived at the winter palace. There were some fun buildings and fun gardens, but most of it was in maintenance mode. There was some HUGE bamboo.

Next I hiked my way to the highest point in the Mountain Range. On the way up I was mainly working on getting there. On the way down (following the same trail) I saw all kind of cool flowers and fungi.

The next stop was some waterfalls. On all these trails I saw no people. It was kind of cool. I also, after awhile, realized it was kind of dangerous. I saw snakes, and rocks to twist ankles on, but I saw no one to go get help.

So I stumbled upon a cluster of used book stores today, all selling English books. I started with the store that looked most promising. When I finished with that store and went to checkout, I found I had already exceeded the wallet’s supply. Used paper backs in English are not as cheap in Thailand as they are in the States.

Nevertheless, hooray for books!

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Aaron,
I didn’t find any Merton