THAILAND: Chang, Chang, Chang Mai

All is good here. Nicole is about to finish her massage school. I can report from experience that course is going well. Of course, they are on one gear and Nicole is on another very fast track. She will implement this into the larger tool box she has when she does massage therapy in San Diego.

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Otherwise we spend our days apart. She in school and me, well, well, at the pool, reading the N.1 Ladies Detective Agency Series (book #4 now) and meditating in the morning and the afternoon. We meet at 4 pm and have a cappucino and amazing pastries by an outstanding Japanese baker. After we usually have an outing - the bazaar, the new market, the trendy market. There are about 8 markets a night here. We do markets for about 2 hours. This includes lots of walking, at which time we burn the calories earned at the bakery. At about 8pm-8:30pm we go to our favorite street vendor and have dinner. She is this amazing woman and (we think) her brother. She makes amazing everything. And, everything costs 50 cents. We love it. We often have our meal with a Chang Beer (named after the beloved JASON CHANG, of course). At about 9pm we check our email and then off to bed to rest for the next day.

Today was extra special. We ate bugs! Yup. I had what we think was worms and maggot looking things. Nicole had the worms. It tasted great. Kinda like shrimp. The maggot looking things were really, really meaty. The special sauce helped it all go down smoothly. We have photos, do not worry. Oh yes, burping bugs is not so fun.

Otherwise all is good. Thailand is getting hotter and hotter as summer will soon arrive. The days are stuffy and full of sun and humidity. This means nothing dries, including you. You get used to it though. In fact, you'd be amazed how wonderful a spicy soup tastes in this heat. It really does something to the body temperature. At first it is really, really hot, but then everything cools down. You should try it someday. Well, you should come to Thailand and try it someday.

Ok, that's all for now. Hugs to all and be swell!!!!

We are off on March 22nd. We are actually on the same plane out of here and Bangkok. So much fun!

Julio

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