Sizzlers

We had enough time to get in our home schooling and go for a swim before we made our way to the airport for our afternoon flight to Bangkok. We flew Air Asia. It's a no frills airline that doesn't even bother with assigned seating. You can't beat the price though, so who cares if you don't get served a beverage on the hour-long flight!

As we got out of the taxi, we heard Vaughan shout the familiar Baha'i greeting "Allah'u'Abha!". It really feels like coming home. We arrived around supper time and so we got together with Vaughan and Sunantha and three guys, Ali, Brian and David from Ireland who are visiting Thailand. Ali is Baha'i and he had dragged a couple of his friends along on a world trip. They had recently spent a month in Om Goi district (near Chiang Mai), where there are hill tribes people and a service project going on there. They were working at a dorm/school singing songs, teaching English, and whatever else they could keep busy with. It sounded like they had a great time.

We really enjoyed our dinner with them. Fun to talk about our travels and theirs and also about various work related things. David had done some engineering courses at school and was interested in Nadim's real life experience. Also lots of fun to talk about the school and Baha'i activities that are going on.

Guess what we had for dinner? Fish, meat, etc. with baked potatoes, salad and fruit buffet! We have not had baked potatoes since we left home 4 months ago! Who would have thought that we would feel so passionate about something that we would normally consider ho hum?

CM + NM