Update

Evan and I went around with a local to the King's temple, the sleeping Buddha, and another temple (the name of which escapes me) yesterday. It was a lot of fun desepite the heat and my need for clothes appropriate for thai weather. I took lots of pictures. I think Evan is jealous of my colorful blog and wants to post some on his page, so look there for photos. I may post some too.

Things are going really well here. It took us almost a week to really get organized and into the swing of things, but everything is going well now. We both still need to do some clothes shopping but that isn't a big deal. The people at the MuayThai school are very helpful, and we have made a friend of a local who runs a restaurant down the street. He is very kind and wants to take us around the sights of Thailand every week. He is very proud of his country and loves to show it off to foreigners. He likes to make sure foreigners get a good exerience while they are here. He invited us to dinner with his family last night as well. We had Thai style BBQ with squid and octopus, shrimp, and pork. I mostly stuck with the pork and the shrimp was good too (suprisingly, despite my severe dislike for seafood). His daughter is learning english and he wants us to try to help her, she is a very sweet girl and I like her quite a bit.

There is a older woman at the MuayThai school (not training) who makes food and cleans and whatnot. I am not sure who she is but she is always giving us food. She made a huge meal for everyone here last Saturday. I think my tolerance for spicy food has really increased. It was really good food too, she is a very good cook.

The people here are really very nice. I have not yet met a grumpy Thai person. It makes it very pleasant and fun to be here. I would not like to live in Bangkok forever though; I think my lungs would collapse from the pollution. I really want to travel to some of the northern regions. I should look into that... and riding elephants. :)