I've made it!

After 32 hours of sleeping, reading and watching movies during my flights, I finally made it to Chiang Mai, Thailand! Although I wasn't tired when I got here, I'm exhausted now. I've met most of the other students: 3 from DU, 9 from CC, 14 from Kalamazoo, and a few others from different colleges. I was one of the first to get here, so the few of us who had already arrived, jumped in the pool at our hostel to cool off, took a shower, and headed about a mile down the road to the markets.

I always thought that in Thailand I would eat many unknow things (and I especially would not want to ask what they were). And yes on my first day I ambled through the market and ate many things with names I could not understand, but the first thing I ate on my trip, which I was unsure about its origin, was on the plane. The flight attendent came down my row and asked me if I wanted carrot cake which she said was all they had left. I was slightly confused because everyone else was getting breakfast food, but I said yes anyway and unfolded the tinfoil to find meat of some sort mixed in with a spongy textured substance that wasn't quite tofu. It sure was not carrot cake, but I figured I would have to start eating whatever was put in front of me eventually, so why not start now? It wasn't too bad, but it's looks definitely suggested otherwise.

Although it feels like I'm in an entirely different place, I haven't felt the culture shock yet. I'm guessing it'll hit me when my host family picks me up tomorrow morning. It's all very exciting and the next four months are going to be amazing and full of adventure, I can't wait!