Adventures on the vomit comet

So, after a fun filled week with the hippies, I'm back in MHS for the last leg of my trip (To fly to Bangkok and then HK)...
Thus far, in Pai, I've managed to make an arse out of myself, with the following:

1) Slipping/tripping/eating it on my arse 3x (this includes tripping in water and falling, almost breaking my foot again by missteping, and almost tripping down the side of the hill when walking in the dark to one of the houses to gather data)

2) Screaming at the sight of a gecko over my pillow (on the wall), and then deciding to move the entire mattress from the loft to the floor

3) Almost drooling on myself while waiting at the bus station to go back to MHS, since I took the dramamine on time, but the bus was late.


After collecting data on over 100 persons in the last 2 weeks, I'm really excited about the possibility of doing follow ups out here! Maybe it's a little overly ambitious, but still, how cool would that be?

Pai was interesting. While we had some amazing food opportunities (Mint Lime Honey Shake, Passion Fruit/Strawberry/Mango shake from the fruit factory), there were also a lot of busts. Sadly, due to the high volume of farang there, there's a lot of farang-ish food (i.e. no flavor). I have a feeling this is going to get worse as I return to the states and think that what was once 'great' thai food, is now only mediocre. le sigh.