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Burmese reflections

Greetings From Myanmar, Abby and I have been in the country formerly known as Burma for the past week or so. Before that, we bookended a few days in the Northern Thailand town of Pai (a “Backpackers Paradise”) with a week on a farm just outside of town. We had a very positive experience while there and really enjoyed getting to know the countryside with some fellow travelers Christine and Emily. Along with getting to learn what rural organic farming in the mountains of Thailand is all about. Pai is a little strange though. Besides offering all the amenities and perks of a hippy vacation town (think if a vegan co-op was a neighborhood in a tiny Thai village). It was strange seeing more travelers than locals. That withstanding, it was a nice town surrounded by truly incredible countryside. And the food was awesome to boot. After that, we shot back to Chiang Mai for the afternoon running some errands and hanging out in the lobby of the hostel we’d booked a week before. I can’t tell

Burma Flow State

Oh man! Sometimes you get that sweet spot where you are so engaged in the moment it's impossible to think about future or the past. just that moment. We're having a few of those moments here in Myanmar. This place is a lot of things, and sometimes they come all at once. We just got on the bus to inlay Lake, I'm excited to see what comes next.