The Revolution will not be Televised

Hi,

The keyboard here sticks on every other letter so this will not be long. Not everything works well here in Thailand and every one just accepts it. Ahhhhh acceptance such a lesson I am learning. Honestly, this trip is teaching me so much about who I am and who I think I am.

I left the lovely but empty Island of Latana this morning. The boat has no seats you just lay on the upper deck on your backpack...wild and wonderful. I am at a sleeeeezy gay hotel for one night getting up at 5AM to head to the Airport to Cambodia and bypassing Bangkok thank God. So many people are stuck here or they can't get to their next destination. I spent a lot of time on the Island hanging out with the travel agents in their offices on the open-beach strip. They are the ONLY people on the island who speak English and they wanted to debate the political situation. There were so many different opinions but the convesations had so much humor and grace. Even with an extreme loss of money no one is mad. They explained that they have family and freinds with farms and other ways to make money. They will never starve and they live by a rule "We can not control, what we can not control" after a Sunami this is bad but they will go on. They rebuilt all of the destroyed areas in 3 years. New Orleans looks exactly the same after 3 years what does that tell us.

I besmirched the Swedish people on my blog and need to make amends. A Swed heard me talking about how I was able to get a ticket out of Thiland and wanted my advice. I then asked her why everyone was so unfriendly. She explained that Swedish people come to Thailand to spend the holiday with family they don't get to see and they are not interested in meeting other people plus there English is limited. Fair enough....eh? Then they asked "THE QUESTION" did I vote for Bush and once I said no we were off and running. I have a friend to call if I ever get to Sweden. I have such bombastic Amercian ways and I am learning to navigate all cultures not just Asian.

All is good and I have only been gone 2 weeks and it feesl like a lifetime. I spent so much time working and it was so much of my identity and I swear I haven't thought of it once, not for a second. Work comes out in my over-active dream life. Only I would be on a deserted Island and be dreaming of Lainie Kazan & Carol Channing.

I am off for a work-out in the gym....I said it was gay hotel and then a much needed nap.

Next stop Phoom Penn. Love to all,

International Jon 2012.