Blog Numero uno!

Howdy everyone!!!

So after reading some of the blogs from the other exchangers, I figured it would be a good idea to start my own. Im going to try and add lots of pictures and videos, cause I know some people aren't the biggest fans of reading, and they're just more exciting anyways. I also apologize up front for starting this 3 weeks into my trip, instead of at the beginning, or even before I left, but I'll make sure to recap everything that has happened.

So my journey in Thailand started on August 11th, 2012. From Calgary (my home city), I flew to Vancouver, and from there to Hong Kong, and the to Bangkok. It took me about 18 hours-ish of flight time to get here, and my layovers were very nice and short, which reeeally helped quicken the trip. I arrived in Thailand and was just beaming the whole way through the airport. It was about 900m from my gate to baggage, and I took my time the whole way, just enjoying things and taking it all in. (btw, it was about 9pm local time when I arrived). I got my bag, and then walked over to arrivals, where I found my new family waiting for me. Hahaha, it's not very often you get to say that, but I'm glad I got to. It was such a cool experience. They made a sign for me and everything, and they seemed very excited to see me. On the 4 1/2 hour drive from Bangkok to my new city, Kamphaeng Phet, we made small talk for a while, before I started drifting into semi-conciousness from being awake for nearly 30 hours straight. As soon as we got home, I went straight to bed... my very, very hard bed... fantastic.

The next couple of days, I spent most of my time recovering from jet lag, eating and getting to know my family. So many things here would be completely absurd in Canada, especially things to do with driving and the roads. They are absolute madness here. Whether there are rules or not, not a single person follows them. The food was also very different. I knew they ate lots of rice, but i didn't think it was ACTUALLY for every meal of the day. Oh well, good thing I like rice!

I'm going to cap it here for the time being, as it it getting late here, and I still have a bunch of work to do.

Sawatdee Kap!
Wallop Watcharawichet (Cole)