who da thunk

so i made it. chiang mai is a real city, i would know, i'm in it.

and wow, i don't even know what to think.

the trip over was not to horrible, though i slept over night in the taipei airport. i felt like a stowaway hiding out from authorities because there was absolutely no one around the whole night and i kind of made my bed in a hidden little corner. and other than not really sleeping at all for the past two days, the journey was good and i am glad to have made it all in one piece. my friends sarah and amy [two of my roommates from spokane who are also living in chiang mai] met me at the airport, it was so good to see their lovely faces.

i'm at a coffee shop called wawee coffee, which i guess is the starbucks of thailand. i'm sipping on a lovely lemon tea and watching the geckos scurry along the ceiling. i moved into my house right away and met my housemates. I'll be living with 4 others girls, three of them are from denmark. my roommate sarah is from texas and i can't even count how many times she said y'all to me today, it was awesome.

i don't start my orientation at the orphanage till monday so i have the next couple of days to settle in and start getting lost in translation.

i'm going off to the market in a bit to buy a little food and a sim card for my phone.

hopefully i will have pictures to post soon!