Big Flame!

So today Jordan, Becca, and I took a Thai cooking class. :)

It was good fun! I learned how to make:

-Stir fried chicken w/ garlic and pepper

-Rice Noodle Spring Rolls

-Mango with Sticky Rice and Coconut Milk (tasty dessert!)

-Stir Fried Mix of Mushrooms

-Papaya Salad






-Green Curry with Chicken




It was quite tasty! So much eating, though. :) Bit full.


And here is our class:





Afterwards we headed home and then off to the Sunday market which was absolutely GIGANTIC!! And much more enjoyable than the JJ Market. Lots and lots of stuff.


I dunno, sometimes it's just rough a bit...I miss home, I miss mom, I miss eating healthy regular meals and being able to work out and not be sticky all the time from gross bug repellant that doesn't even seem to work! :P
I found myself feeling a bit overwhelmed and anxious while at the market. I think it'll be nice to get out of Thailand tomorrow. My legs are atrocious. I am contstantly getting bit all over by bugs; and I'm so allergic so it's a bit hard to handle. And it's a daunting thought at times: five weeks. But Laos should be a good change of pace.

We're leaving Thailand tomorrow at noon and then driving up to the border, staying the night there, and once we cross we hop on a "slow boat" for another day up the Mekong river and end at Luang Prabang. We're looking for flights out of Laos once we've been there for a few days.
Here is a picture I found online (as the place I go to here by the guest house we are at for internet doesn't have anything to allow me to upload my own yet)



Apparently Laos is a very "chill" atmosphere, so I am looking forward to that. Becca, Jordan, and I all bought books today so hopefully we'll all read at the same pace and exchange them throughout our slow boat trip. Mine is called "Half Hours with the Best Thinkers." So I'll get to do lots of thinking and maybe get inspired on the boat!! :)

Alright well then I am off. So much love to you all; today has really got me missing all of you and home lots. I'll write again once we are settled in Laos.

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