Becky Moves to Bangkok

Nov 6, 2008

First off, the reason I chose this color (purple) is because it's sort of the national color for Thailand. They acutally have lots of colors for different national things, but purple is the orchid color & it is used a lot to represtent Thailand.

I guess from my emails you all know that I spent the summer (until Oct 22) in NY. I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my parents & John's mom. It was a very special time for me! I also DID make it into the lake every day that I was home, from June 23 until Oct 21! Those last few days were tough, but my Mom joined me & if she could do it at 86, then I HAD to go in also!

On my way back to Bangkok, I made a stopover in HK. My buddy, Karen's grandmother died & the funeral was Oct 28, so the return trip worked out perfectly. I spent 6 days in HK & it was nice to return to a familar place. The funeral was very different & very interesting. I did a blog on it in my other blog site (JBinHK).

I returned to Bangkok last Thursday & on Saturday we went to Laos for a long weekend of relaxation. I'll definitely be doing a blog about Laos - what a great place! We returned yesterday (Nov 5), so I'm just settling in to Bangkok - still haven't gotten my bags unpacked.

It was snowing when I left Burlington, VT on Oct 22 & it is still hot here (in the 80's) and the humidity is still bad. Can't really do anything without working up a sweat. So I'm dreaming about that ice cold lake right about now.

Just wanted to touch base with everyone & start out my new blog spot for my newest adventure.

Cheers to you all