Okay, so I haven't updated my blog in about six weeks. Clearly, I suck at this. Honestly, I think it's because so many little things happen in my life at once that it seems both trivial and overwhelming to write about it all. In July, I traveled to Ubon Ratchatani for the Candle Festival as well as to visit our Far East Friends Gina and Ari. The Candle Festival was awesome. In honor of the rainy season and marking the beginning of Buddhist Lent, Thai people carve huge, elaborate candles from wax, turn them into floats, and parade them through the center of town before they are made as offerings at a temple. Such wonderful artwork and dedication! I'm glad I had the opportunity to witness such a unique holiday.
August brought lots of random days off from school (so much so that the first week of September was the first time I was seeing some of my classes in a MONTH). We had a long weekend for the Queens birthday so a bunch of Fulbrighters got together in Chiang Mai to celebrate the fabulous birthdays of Jamie Giles and Mallory Reed. In Chiang Mai I FINALLY got the chance to ride and spend the whole day with ELEPHANTS, and it was oh so glorious, a dream come true! I think elephants might be the best animals out there. The best was learning how to ride on a baby elephant and then getting massaged by him! Although climbing up on top of the adult elephant was terrifying and I actually thought I would fall to my death at first!
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