Travel to Thailand

Thailand Thailand Thailand. I am no longer in Taiwan, at all. I still have so much I want to write about Taiwan, but I feel like after just one week in Thailand I have completely forgotten Taiwan. I really loved Taiwan. It was a very livable place, good people, good food, good life. But in a way I am really happy to be away from Taiwan. I needed a change of scenery. I am happy to be out of my dungeon in Sinjuang. That room was driving me so crazy that I was starting to feel trapped. Life seemed inaccessible sitting at my desk in the dark corner next to my dark, sunless window open only to a loud mechanical noise and a musty mildew smell.

I went through a really hard time in Taiwan. I lost a lover, lost a friend, got really bored, got confused, cried, starved, spent too many hours lying awake in the sleepless dark. Thailand has given me a chance to move on. I don’t have to think about all my bad feelings anymore. The newness of the country has made me forget the oldness of my life.

After only one week in Thailand I am in love with the country. Each country always has a different feel, a different sensation of potential. Some places are calm, lonely, places where you just want to lock yourself in a room and study, some are romantic, some are boring, some are fun. Thailand is fun. Thai people are fun. I was really surprised when I came to Thailand. I was expecting it to be a little uncomfortable, to face the word “farang” countless times, to be ripped off, to be lonely, to hate all the hippie pot-smoking tourists with backpacks. I am finding it a lot better than expected. Thai people are just generally cool, almost in the sense of the American cool. I have already met tons of young Thai people who just hang out, play guitar on the street, artists, coolly dressed, cool hair, cool everything. It’s happening in Thailand.