Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Everyday life around here

There's a great feeling of serenity and well being around here.  I wake up every morning to a feeling of no hurry, to blue skies and sun, smiles and waves from the lovely landlady Nei.  I love taking a shower in Asia as their are no doors or curtains hemming one in to a little box.  Here the whole room is open and the floor is slanted a little so water does not stay there.  Of course in the warmth it dries quickly.  After dressing in some loose, flowing cool clothes I go down to the kitchens and get the drinking water in my kettle to make tea.  Sometimes I go ahead and make porridge but that's more a dish for colder climates.  Often I go around the corner to the nearby market for mango, papaya, oranges etc.  Lots of joking and smiles from vendors who also sell very cheap flowers so one always has flowers in the room and on the balcony.
Generally I sit outside for breakfast and study a bit of Thai before hopping on my bike to start my day.  There are so many nationalities here.  A Russian girl, a Danish girl, a French couple, several Japanese, a Canadian or two, an American, a Scandanavian and a very nice Spanish couple who have cycled all the way here from Spain.  They tell me that Iran is one of the most hospitable countries to go to.  They feel that strangers should be made part of the family.  I've heard that before from other travellers.  
Sitting on the balcony there's often a few tiny squirrels running about and little lizards darting here and there.  Oddly there are very few flies despite the warm weather and I never see wasps or bees but hope that is normal for here and not because of the decline in the bee population in the world.  There must be lots somewhere as there is a lot of organic honey sold here.

This is an unusual rose in the garden here just beginning to open, it has a yellow heart and the underside of the leaves are yellow too.  Nice



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