A week on from Loy Kathong and I can feel the peace of new beginnings settling in. The rain still comes which it shouldn’t but it is sometimes a welcome relief on the hottest days as you wait for the heavy clouds over the mountains to release the humidity. There is a kind of pleasure to the slow pace of things here that I am becoming accustomed to. Everyone claims to be busy but it is the sort of business that comes from knowing you have something to do and putting it off so in fact often nothing is being done but the prospect of a task allows the person to claim to be busy. Nothing happens at the appointed time, although a time is always carefully given, some hours after that time the action will take place. At first this is unbearably frustrating but gradually it becomes relaxing as you never need rush for anything. Everyday a new option opens up in my life and I have no idea which way to go. But this is always my most favourite of times in life. Having possibilities that stretch around the world and yet no desperate desire to go anywhere. For today I think I’ll settle for watching the clouds shifting over the hills making the greens of the rainforest darken and pale and listening to Thai pop being played by an interchangeable band all of whom are Thai apart from Mike. Soon the beginnings will have begun and this oasis of peace will be undetectable again.
It was good to get back to Phuket-I think of it as a sort of reality. Although it's a reality that involves spending loads of money on food, transport and of course the visa! Pictures next time.
Love x
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