Well, this is my last day that I can talk before I take my vow of silence and there’s no one here to talk to! Oh well. Yesterday I took the train boat train combination that I took to Kanchanaburi but in reverse, and this time it was even hotter. I don’t think I’ve ever sweat so much in my life. Especially when I got to the train station that is boiling hot and had a hot and spicy meal.

The train was nice, slow but I had a beautiful view of the sunset over the plains in Thailand. I thought to myself, i don’t think I will get tired of Asian sunsets. The smog/humidity in the air air make the sun turn into a big red ball that you can look directly at as it lights up everything with a golden glow.

For the first time I arrived in an unknown town, at dark with no plans on where to stay. Ha! Kind of fun, one guesthouse charged way too much so I set off to find one I had read about, as I was looking for it thinking I was lost a man and lady on a motorbike approached me asking where I was going. I said bon bon guesthouse and she said “I am miss bonbon, I will take you there”. So much for not getting on motorbikes with strangers! But hey, she was nice and legitimately was miss bon bon and took me to her guesthouse.

So now, last thoughts before Vipassana. Hmmm, why am I doing this? Well, it sounds like a challenge, but also I would like to learn how to focus my brain more on the things that I want to achieve, and less on fears and inhibitions. I’m hoping I could learn a bit about that through this but we will see. In any case I think the isolation that I will feel from this will help me interact with humans better afterwards and I look forward to getting into Chiang Mai 10 days from now and having a great time! For now I will enjoy myself, the sunrises and sunsets. Until then!

Last sunset from the garden in Kanchanaburi