Beaches, Massages and Potholes

We chose to start off our venture with some relaxing in the islands of southern thailand. Ko Pha Gnan was where we found ourselves relaxing, renting a motor bike for $4 dollars a day. Our bungalo was about 10 ft from the water at night with the high tide and about 140 ft. by morning due to the low tide. We had a hammock on our front porch, a big mosquito net and a fan. Our bathroom was constantly under attack by ants and the toilet flushed after one dumps a bucket of water in it.

We explored the island on the little bike and found all sorts of roads and fun little places to check out. We went swimming here, saw waterfalls, and even had re-initiations in Reiki.

After the island we continued up north because we had booked a two week thai massage course before we left on this trip. This was up in a village about an hour and a half outside of Chiang Mai and we were able to get there with all our packs and about 9 of us in a pick up truck bed bumping along the steep and windy roads. We spent our days being woken up by roosters, pigs eating loudly out of a trough, villiagers talking and children singing. All of which we could see through the slats in our bungalow of bamboo. Not to mention the daily several bouts of the dogs fighting with one another and the mama's yelling at them. We spent our days massaging 6 hours and eating wonderful homecooked vegetarian food, reading and playing cards. It was a simple village made of huts and satillites everywhere. People lived there, worked in the fields and had many night ceremonies to celebrate good luck and ward off bad dreams. The mama's had few teeth and mouths of red from the betelnut and the babies were carried on dads and moms backs, attached by simply tied cloths.

Until next time,
Cash and Mira