Stage 1 to Stage 2

I hit London to the comforting home of my friends Alex and Stephanie (a Brit and a Canadian respectively). Alex and I also worked Theatrino together, and has sense married his partner in crime Stephanie, they offered me all the beautiful comforts of home I had craved sense sleeping in a field for the last week, a home cooked meal and much laughter.  My last day in England I smashed by having Dinner with Lousia, another lovable dear heart Vermonter from our highschool days of old, and followed that with drinks with my equally olden time theater friends Anie and Dan.  It could not have been any better, than to also be joined by rediculous crazy artist camp friend by the name of Jake, and his girlfriend Katie.  Jake is among the most silly human beings I have ever met, and I mean that as the highest of compliments. Sitting side by side at drinks with them, Aine and Dan across from me, this beautiful bridge of different wonderful humans from different wakes of life that I am lucky to know. Not to mention the list of other beautiful English, Scotts, and Irish folks I did not manage to see on this trip, I look forward to seeing you next time around as this time and funds were so short.

Jake and Katie drove me to the airport in the later hours of the night, and bid me farewell as I prepared for what would be a 50ish hour journey to arrive in Chaing Mai, Thailand. Midway between the three flights, trains, taxi's and buses that would carry me to my new destination, I could not believe that like that stage 1 of this epic little journey had ended.  This was a step all about re-connection, not only to people that I had longed to see, but also to a part of myself I had not seen in a long time.  Travel self is so much freer of all restraints, and in seeing yourself so free you really know the boundlessness of what you are capable off.  It is also exhausting, gross, uncomfortable and down right gritty, which keeps ones honest and grounded in the process.

I arrived in Chaing Mai Via:
7 hour layover in London
3 hour flight to Croatia
2 hour layover in Croatia
2 hour flight to Ukraine
6 hour layover in Ukraine
10 hour flight to Bankok
6 hour layover in Bankok
12 1/2 hour bus to Chaing Mia.

I stumbled dirty and exhausted into my home for the next month and a half, decimated by such long travel, by heart thriving with the thrill of it all. I would jump between guest houses, but spend a month of my time at Giant Guest House in the North Corner of old Chiang Mai.  This adorable hippie house was perfectly situated close to all the yummiest restaurants, temples and bars at a price of just over a $100 dollars for the month, well all right then.


I have dreamt of Chaing Mai sense I came to the Monastery here that helped change my life perspective, and the seed of studying here started there. Here I was about to study Thai massage for five weeks with the help of the amazing community at home that got me here.