La Dolce Vita

After two challenging years teaching in a large public middle school in South Central LA, I'm bringing the old backpack out of retirement for another adventure. The plan is to travel with Jim through Thailand and its Southern Islands for two weeks. Then, I will visit Cambodia with an old friend, Gena. Finally, I will start a month-long meaningful tour around Thailand, visiting Bangkok, Lopburi, Kanchanaburi, Chumphon, and Koh Tao. There is so much I'm looking forward to: practicing meditation in a temple near Lopburi, snuggling with a tiger in the Tiger Temple, riding an elephant, learning to make Pad Thai, enduring the pain of a Thai massage, seeing a Thai dance show, teaching, or at least playing with Thai children, shopping in the floating market, riding on a Tuk Tuk... and the list continues. But I am most excited about spending time with my good friends and those new friends who I will meet, seeing and immersing myself in a culture that I'm sure is very different from my own, and having time to simply think and ponder the world.