happy easter!

yes, it’s a little delayed, but i hope everyone had a great easter holiday. i was on spring break during the event and was on koh chang, an island on the eastern side of thailand kinda close to cambodia. i’m here with one of my friends and we are somewhat seperated from the rest of the group, which works pretty nice for me since it’s been such a great break. on easter, we woke up early and went to the beach at sunrise, reminicent of both of our experiences with sunrise services at our churches back home. it was pretty different remembering the resurrection of the savior on an island where there are no churches and i’m pretty sure most people didn’t even know it was a holiday.

i forget what i wrote about in my last blog, but i do believe i was in chiang mai when it was written. since then we went on a long week filled field trip down to bangkok. the days were filled with hotel stays, pools, countless games of mafia, a nemo (as in finding) tour bus, humidity, and a myrid of different facial and head hair styles as a result of the termination of the guys “furry february” contest. words are not adaquete- just ask for pictures when i return if you want the full details.

tomorrow we head back up to chiang mai and i’m pretty excited- it’s the closest thing i’ve gotten to going home in the last three monthes. it will be great to be on familiar streets and buildings, but that feeling will be short lived since we will only be there for one day to renew our visas and then it’s off to the karen village- the part of the semester i have been looking forward to the most.

the past week has consisted of me becoming re-connected with the beach that i have missed this entire semester. yesterday anna and i went on a snorkeling day trip and had a blast. we met some people from korea who we later met this evening and chatted with- in fact, they are checking their email right next to me as i write this. we have enjoyed having cable tv in our room and updating ourselves on all the madness of the world and the occassional movie in english on tv. my favorite by far- pride and prejudice. the keira knightly one, but still, any essence of jane austen is bound to make me feel happy!

travelling these past few weeks and living out of a suitcase was somewhat of a challenge for me- i think i just became overwhelmed by all the moving and being on that crazy bus for so long. i enjoyed it the majority of the time, but let’s just say, i’m glad i decided to do a semester in thailand over journeying across all of europe in one semester- i might have gone insane….

being away from home, especially around a holiday, was somewhat hard for me this past week. however, it was nice to have time to relax on this island (even though i have concluded despite all it’s beauties, santa barbara is still #1) before jumping back in with the large group once again in a tiny village.

also, i guess the interent gods have been following me down to the south, because the hotel anna and i found while walking around here our first day also had free internet down in its restaurant- the only free internent i’m pretty sure on this whole island. considering most places try to rip you off because they have a monopoly on everything, i was pretty ecstatic (the price for the hotel is really nice too and the room and service has been wonderful). i should be able to come online a few more times when i am in chiang mai, but other than that, i believe this will be the last full blog you will be able to read for a while. the usb outlet doesn’t work on this computer, so i can’t download any pictures, so just be sure to ask me for them when i get back.

okay, i hope everyone has enjoyed reading these essays of mine and i have enjoyed receiving comments and emails back from everyone. seriously, some days, they have been just what i wanted to hear.

hope everyone is doing well wherever you are reading this.

take care,

sarah

~ by sarah davis on March 25, 2008.