Making the Move - The traveller returns in new clothing

'If you try you may succeed but if you stay at home and think about it, you won't'

Living in a Paradise and trying to make it work. Can you fet bored with your own personal paradise?


I am here. There are ants crawling all over my Macbook Pro. I have handwashed undergarments blowing in the breeze along my balcony. I'm thinking of creature comforts and I've only been here a week. I wish I had a kettle, a Yorkshire teabag and giant mug along with all the other essentials needed for a great brew. I have just made the 5,863 miles or so journey to Thailand; Krabi to be exact in the South. Krabi is like a prehistoric adventure playground for rock-climbers and also serves my favourite Thai dishes. I am a little preoccupied with relaxing on my balcony enjoying the heat and monitoring my underwear whilst it dries. For it to blow onto a neighbors balcony or under some locals feet would not be 'Thai Style' at all.

Achieving 'Thai Style' is something my Thai friends like to keep me constantly aware of, it is often referred to as if it is a sure way on to the path of enlightenment. Enlightenment into Thai ways for sure, almost like an unwritten guide on how to behave amongst Thai friends. It seems the more close I get with my Thai friends the more my Western ways seem to be wrong!
What's that noise? Someone is rustling about near me; I think it's the rooster who insists on waking me up at whatever hour takes his fancy.

I've been trying to write this blog for a long time now, no longer a traveller I have time on my hand to work . I'm trying to learn to just write all the time throughout the day; I need to feel like I'm achieving something and learning the language and setting myself up in Thailand will certainly help me do this. At the moment I'm learning the art of getting by.

'Just because you are constantly moving doesn't mean that you are making progress, a rocking chair may rock, but it never actually travels anywhere' - Alfred A. Montapert.