As far as local creatures go, there are lots of pet dogs (some more mangy and disgusting than others), we’ve seen some house cats, but most everything is smaller. As in beetles, cockroaches, spiders, fruit flies, regular flies, mosquitoes, frogs, crabs, and GECKOS. They are our favorite! They’re out during the day, but you see them most often at night and they make the most hilarious noise. It’s so clear it almost sounds like a person. I can’t really describe they’re two-pitched noise, except for that it has a higher pitch and then a lower one kind of like a squeaky toy, but it’s a low enough tone that it sounds like it could be a guy talking. It’s so funny!
We have about 18 people here currently and it’ll stay that way for about 6 weeks. People are from Utah, California, Hawaii, Korea, and more, and they’re all super great! There are three bathrooms in our two story house, each with a shower, and even though two of them are capable of giving hot water we choose not to turn on the heat because the shower is the only place you can go to not sweat.
Still no word on our luggage. Our best guess is that it’s either stolen or somewhere in China. There was nothing in that bag but clothes, but it was ALL of our clothes. We spent over 3,000 baht ($100) on three new outfits and two pairs of shoes, and if we don’t hear from the airline soon we’ll need to spend a bit more on swimming suits, church clothes, and possibly stuff to exercise in. Slightly annoying!
Learning Thai will get easier, but for now we’re working on pronunciation, tones, and basic phrases. We’ve mastered hello, what’s your name, water.. and a couple others. For some reason we’ve both been hesitant to try speaking to people (weird since we’ve both had experience in other countries learning other languages!) but it’s coming slowly. Everything is so new at this point!
Also, our landlady has a dog that basically lives at our house. He’s a little black dog with lots of curly black hair who has sort of adopted us as his second family. Right now he’s in our room with his wet feet on our bed licking my (Justin’s) feet. I’m not sure if it’s making us want a dog more or less..the group calls him Chico, and we’ve decided he needs to learn English so he can understand when we yell at him to get out of the trash. Other than that he’s a lot of fun ;)
Thank you so much for the update! It makes us so happy to hear that you are doing so well and already adjusted to your new home! What a fun adventure and I was so happy to hear that you have plenty of food and that you like where you live. Sounds like you already love the people and have jumped right into service there. It's like one Eagle or Young Women's project after another. That is so great! I bet the people are beautiful and nothing better than being in farm country! Love ya tons!
ReplyDeleteI really really hope you get your clothes back! That's the worst. Thanks for all the updates, I'm so happy to hear from you and know what's going on! I am so proud of you guys and I think you're just amazing! Have fun and keep taking pictures!
ReplyDeletep.s. I think you should start filling out the forms to have the airlines replace your luggage and it's contents. Carla Meine told me today that if it missing for more than a week, it probably is gone. They will give you money to replace your bag and your clothes and shoes. Hey! New things!!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you lost your things. But look on the bright side. like your mom said.."new things".... Hope you can adjust to the heat soon. Be careful and don't stay out in the sun too long. Kind of a shaggy looking little dog.....Love reading about you. Thank you so much for taking time to post.........Much love....Gram.....
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