What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Going on to Chiang Mai

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Going on to Chiang Mai

So tonight we're heading to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. This is our main destination for the trip. We may have to shorten our stay there since our time in Bangkok has been a bit longer than initially desired. We'll be traveling by bus sadly. It will be about 8 hours, overnight, with a toddler, in bus seats. Wahoo! Yesterday morning the trains were all booked through Saturday! Apparently it's a big festival right now and Chiang Mai is the place to be. Too bad we were here!

There is also a plane to Chiang Mai, but we're trying to cut costs a little. Actually, thinking about it now, neither one of us is quite sure why we didn't choose to go by plane. It would have been a one-hour flight! I think we prefer misery.

In any case, we'll be in Chiang Mai at 6am tomorrow morning! And we've booked a four-star hotel this time, so hopefully that will be a little nicer. We've heard amazing things about Chiang Mai, so we're really looking forward to seeing it for ourselves. With what time we have left today, we're going to try and see one more sight before we have to catch the one-hour shuttle to the bus station.

Will update you all when we have internet again (hopefully in Chiang Mai)!
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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.