Greetings
I need to keep this first email short, as our group is leaving soon for their tour of the Royal Palace, a couple of wats (Buddhist temples, including Wat Po, which has Thailand's largest reclining Buddha), and a river ride through the floating market. We are all recovering from the "killer" plane ride over (approx 24 hours, Seatac to the Shanti Lodge and a bed), and getting ready for our first day in the heat, and the preponderance of sights, sounds, and smells that is Bangkok. All are healthy and in good spirits. The students have done a super job so far of paying attention, keeping up, supporting each other -- all those essential travel behaviors (but then, young as our group may be overall, they are all veteran travelers, and that's a blessing). I'm sure we'll all sleep a good deal better tonight, after an active day and plenty of input. Tomorrow morning we head out to our dear friend Wan Pen's farm near Erewan National Park (and that amazing 7-tiered waterfall, a cave, and the best Thai cooking I've had anywhere), where we'll slow down and rest up for the next three days. I'll likely need to wait until we arrive in Chiang Mai (Tuesday night your time) to email again, so keep in mind the axiomatic "no news is good news."
Time to gather them up. They've learned their numbers in Thai already - it's great fun for me to hear them sing out "Nam, song, sam, si, ha, hoc, jet, baht, gao, sip" when we're counting heads. It's wonderful to be back, among friends, in what is certainly for Ted and me a second home.
Many thanks for your support and trust!
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