Arrived Safely

Well, we arrived yesterday safely after a long journey. The flights went pretty well. We have been eating well since we arrived - there is good food wherever we go. We heard an introductory lecture today about Thai family culture. Apparently, there exists a very heirarchic structure with the parents on top and the kids below. The kids usually do NOT participate in decision making, and certainly do not sass back or question when the parents make a decision. Very interesting, and weird.

Max and Kim got up at 1:30am last night and started roaming the streets of Chiang Mai like adventurous raccoons. They found a 7-11 and got some food. Dan finally got a good sleep. We are all still a little jet-lagged and are sleepy and awake at the wrong time. You may notice I am writing this at 5am.

Tomorrow (actually later today), we will go to a silk factory and a jade factory. We will travel on a bus with the Cal Poly students. We are getting to know the students -they are fun, if a little loud in the late evening. Poor Lexie was sick today, but Anna made her a get well card.

We hope to hear from all of you, so please post some comments. Not much home sickness yet, but I suspect the kids will start feeling it soon. - Bye for now.