at Nest

market fish

a butterfly we found on the road

a hill tribe woman with beetle-nut lips

I am sorry if some of you do not get enough of the elephants...but you have no idea how long it takes to upload and save and upload...so far...5 hrs for the last 2 blogs.  I could stay home and blog from the kitchen.. so we are now at the Nest.  It was important for Monika and I to have some process time... and as it turns out, we have connected to several people who have helped me to feel more grounded.  I like to be still and look and reflect... not just tour and see something new ..and then something new with reflecting on the meaning.   I have just discovered that I can only type and not put in the pictures... this is a challenged.

We left the ENP just before the others and took a songthew to the Nest... and arrived in time for a wonderful dinner.  
We slept well, although I ate too much and felt like my body was leaving me.   A few little pills and I am back to normal..   Nest 2 and Oh for breakfast.  Yes the old man is still picking up the leaves... he is slower and more deliberate but still here.   Yesterday was mainly catch up with ourselves and our life and Internet.  Monika tried to swim, but the water was freezing and got out quickly.  It takes little to make me discouraged about the water,  We are in the same cabin as Monika was in 5 years ago.  Yesterday we went to town... the school cafeteria is double with more chairs and a greater kitchen... there also appears to be a preschool for the little ones. 
We we came back we ate at Oh's but after 2 hrs of Internet... I came back and we ate dinner at nest 1.  The goat cheese souffle was devine..as was the Chang.  We walked up the road to see the stars and then to bed..

Today we and others took a songthew to town and the weekly market... wonder faces, colors and bargains...

We have just had lunch and I will toss some pictures in and call it a day.  We will walk up the hill and to the other monastery and then to Oh..for dinner.

In the morning.. we will do a songthew to the city...with 3 others.  Leave our stuff at the airport and then get a massage.. I will find the $9 guest house.. and relax be\fore the plane....amen

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