Things I like about Thailand:

1. the rain
2. being able to look outside and see the mountains
3. Khruu Khwan (my Thai teacher)
4. talking with Mrs. Veldt...and soaking up her wisdom
5. dancing with the Veldt's in their living room
6. spending time with my girls at House of Love (the orphanage)
7. walking through the markets
8. Tim Tam sucking parties
9. riding rot dangs and song-thaws
10. the Sunday market
11. eating dinner on top of the East wall of the old city
12. running in the rain
13. the funny things Cal and Tristan say (Hannah's brothers)
14. drinking Sprite in the huts next to the lake
15. browsing used book stores
16. teaching Paw English...and having her teach me about contentment finding joy in the small things
17. riding on the back of Phii Kay's motorcycle
18. the food...and learning to enjoy spicy food
19. having a ton of time to journal, read, and pray
20. people watching
21. learning about what God in doing in this part of the world up close and personal
22. hiking the mountains
23. talking with Phii Kay and Phii Dao...they practice their English while I practice my Thai
24. watching the beautiful Thai dancers...and learning to appreciate new cultures

Things I don't like about Thailand:

1. knowing that people try to charge me more because I'm a farang (Westerner)
2. the heat in the middle of the day
3. the smell of the meat area at the markets
4. the fact the Chiang Mai is filled with farangs