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A few shots from our last day in Bangkok and first in Chiang Mai

Bangkok is HOT and other musings.

As we wait to check into our next hostel I’m going write this to catch everyone up. It’s been three days since we arrived at the Suvarnabhumi airport. We got in around 2am then proceeded to get into the wrong taxi and once we arrived at the hotel we found out that we had booked the wrong nights. Once we paid for another night we got some sleep and woke up ready to go exploring. We walked around and got some food, which to be honest was fine… yes just fine. Personally, as a vegetarian by the end of the day, I had grown tired of mushrooms. After that, we sat at a bus stop? Not sure if was a bus stop but we sat next to Yo. Yo is a young Thai native that helped guide Steven and I to the nearest bus station. He paid for our taxi to the bus station, he asked strangers for navigation help, and he didn’t speak any English. As we ran onto the bus leaving for the airport we looked back and thanked Yo. Placing our hands in prayer position and bowing slightly and ungracefully. I wish we

From Black Rock City with Love

We recently returned from Burning Man!There is nothing either of us has experienced which is quite like returning to our "Home" away from home year after year. This year we camped with a group of friends, some old and some new. We were blessed to be with a group of self-reliant caring, thoughtful individuals. A couple of whom got engaged "on playa" this year, Congrats to both Katie and Blake!!! Going to Burning Man for me was a profound experience of personal growth and an introduction to a community of like minded individuals. I was more a consumer at the time (forgetting all my food the first year) and since then it's evolved. Becoming an experience which I help build and maintain the experience through volunteering, gifting, and emotional/physical support of other citizens. I could share a plethora of stories from this year, but they wouldn't really hold the attention of the reader. The average story from Burning Man meanders without plot and exclud