So last weekend Mel and I visited Jane and Erica in their village, since they are leaving soon. They live in Tha Wang Pha (TWP), a village in the Nan district about 3 hours away from us. They have been telling us stories about TWP for months now so we had to check it out for ourselves. It was also a huge dragon boat racing weekend and there was a festival and everything! Perfect weekend!
We went to the bus station on Friday, got out tickets, and boarded the janky bus. It is not like we are used to extreme luxury or something, we are living in a third world country, but this bus was already an adventure! There weren't enough seats so this nice lady had us sit up front by the driver on this board that had been put down... Then the tire went flat and we had to stop for awhile and change it.
When we finally made it to TWP, Jane and Erica picked us up on motorbikes and took us to the festival. We tried some new market food and played some fun games! Then it was back to their apartments! They sleep under mosquito nets, Jane's bathroom door doesn't shut and tons of bugs come in so they have to tie it shut, the screens all have tape on them, and they have around 4 fans stationed around the room to cool off. It was going to be quite an experience!
The next day we headed over to the dragon boat racing! It was so cool! Some of Jane and Erica's students were racing and there was also a team from TWP so we had some people to root for.
Two of Jane and Erica's friends from a neighboring town of Pua came and met us at the festival and then took us on a tour of Pua! The drive on the motorbike between TWP and Pua was beautiful!
We had a fun little house party and then drove home in the lightning and thunder and rain...woops! They come on outta nowhere! The next day we hung out for a bit and then caught a bus to Nan and then another bus to Phrae! Home Sweet Home! Except I got suuuper duper sick :-(
I have had to miss school this week, ugh. Another teacher at school last week was sick and he coughed on me...the teachers have all been so nice and concerned and brought me some food yesterday. I am ready to get back to life and not be sick!
But...there are only a couple more weeks left in the semester so the countdown begins!
Ali comes in 3 1/2 weeks!
Mom and Sarah come in 5 weeks!
Kate comes in 6 weeks!
Elise comes in 10 weeks!
Crazy how fast this is all flying by...
Yay for all the people coming to visit including me!!
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