Hitchhiking

HIYA!

Wow. Really? I can only say for sure that I'll probably go to Burma at the beginning of May. A monk has said he wants to go and has asked me if I'm interested. I told him I am. At first he said he'd go to northern Viet Nam. Then when I called to tell him I wanted to go he told me he'd go to Burma instead. Then he said he might go to northern Viet Nam also and maybe also to a place in the south of China. I told him that anywhere he goes I'm interested in going too. I have always thought of this guy as a solid and stable person but now I'm wondering if he's more wishy washy than I'd ever imagined. Who knows. If we do a month or more of walking together I'll know him better. I should know myself quite a bit better too! And another monk has said he wants to go too. This should be a good experience. If we do in fact go. The monk said we'd do some hithchiking and some walking. I'm more interested in the walking but hithchiking'd be another experience.

I'm now at a temple in BKK helping some people with some translation of Buddhist writings. The temple is Santi Asoke. Just about finished.

Just last night a good good friend - the guy who invited me to walk to China and Tibet - asked if I wanted to visit his home in Chiang Mai in a few days and stay for a few days. I told him I'm really interested. The work I'm doing now should be finished by the time he wants to go. My visa expires on the 15th of this month. It'll be an easy and convenient trip to the border for another stamp which'll put me in the country for another 30 days.

Then this morning some ladies I've been working in the same office with asked if I were interested in visiting an Asoke community that I've been wanting to visit for an awful long time now. If I go there I'll leave here on the 18th, 19th, or 20th, I guess. I don't know how long I'll stay there if I go. After that there's a big Asoke gathering for 7 days that I may or may not go to. After that the walk to Burma should happen.

I sent emails to some English camps last night. Got a reply from one that I've done a couple of times in the past. She didn't say that I'm hired but said she'd see if she can "squeeze" me in! Thanks! I was so surprised to have found so few English camps on the internet. Maybe it's just too far ahead for them to have posted their listings. I'll look around more if I don't get word soon that I've got this one camp that I've done already a couple of times.

Hoping you're all bright and cheery and that life is warm and sunny. Wow, is this a bit too much?! Okay, then how about this. I hope that everybody's life is just as you wish it to be. Better? No? How about this. Let go of everything and accept whatever is! Best.

Troy.