Day 2
Oh my god i am in love with this place!!! so many things to share or talk about because it's soooo lovely and so Thai!!!
my second day here began beautifully after an intensely deep sleep. I hit a wall about ten pm our time which is one am oz time. I was just beyond it ... I was asleep before i hit the pillow.
i awoke before seven, and Luke suggested we meditate together on the balcony... He knows i have my ten minute daily agreement. It is so still, cool and peaceful out there in the morning with the view of the water.
as for my day, Luke fixed me up with wheels! Whoo hoo I have been hooning around thenisland all day!!! whilst i am aghast and highly amused at the lack of road rules and the chaos everywhere when driving ... I could absolutely not care less for my safety ... I feel free, and random, and in the flow of chaos. I love the randomness of it. Mind you i did buck the local trend and take a helmet. Six years of working in road safety has given me some common sense in this area thank goodness (mind you i discovered today another purposes for the helmet .. I was riding along and nearly got hit by a flying coconut ... Jeese those things are heavy ... Then the toothless And very old Thai guy laughed at my look of horror as his cheeky monkey descended from the tree! They were harvesting coconuts)!!
...have I mentioned I love this place yet?
I have no idea what else to say really except, i have a nice sunburn, i have now consumed in the space of two days .... Two margaritas, one caprioska and two mojitos ... Numerous glasses of wine and a singha beer .... Two of the above beachside. The wines on luke's balcony before he whisked me away to dine in his resort restaurant by full moonlight, and others at the club we went to for hjs Aussie friend's birthday last night .... Complete with head banging local thai band thrashing out Acca dacca side by side with Robbie Williams angels! We had a little boogie ... And lots of fun . the thai people are sooooooooo warm and lovely and full of fun... It's nice to have days to myself to chat with everyone and then have Luke in the evenings to share long chats with and dinner.
he is taking his two days off tomorrow and Monday and I hear he has booked us in for massage and also a boat trip around samui ... Have i mentioned yet that i am in heaven?? He he he he he he he he he.
oh and oh my god. Thai food is already my favorite food in the whole. Wide world... And so this is just Ike being gastronomically exgravaganzad at every whiffy street corner and every bite from my plate. i chose a little out-of-the way open air eatery local place yesterday. only five things on the menu .. A sweet woman emerged from behind her wok .... To prepare chicken chilli basil. i watched her mince the chicken on her chopping board, expertly grind the chillis basil garlic in her mortar and pessle (which was about half as tall as she was!) then plucking other fresh ingredients from her leafy outdoor kitchen, it was delicious and all for eighty baht which is 2.50 aud. Then gave me the most divine bowl of garlic chicken broth to wash it down as a gift. She was so sweet. I am filled with joy actually just smiling and playing charades in very Thai sounding English with the people here. they are so happy, with so little. Humbling and wonderful and fun. "Good sanuk" It's contagious, although I feel a lot more like the real version of Janine right now. able to be spontaneous and in the flow. feels good.
love to you all, especially my little spunk muppet :)
J
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