In my last entry, I was feeling a bit down and wondering what could pick me up.  The answer: shopping … and Oh.  I am now as excited as I have been the whole trip.

We have reached Chiang Mai, the last stop on our journey, and the people here have been very wonderful.  We got to go shopping at Ban Tawai wood carving village, which I had been looking forward to the whole trip, and we were reunited with our dear friend from Maechan, Oh.  It was such a great surprise to see Oh again.  After an amazing magic performance by some high school students he works with, we all hit the town.  I won’t divulge many details other than that we found out what time bars close in Chiang Mai.

Today we gave our final presentation to a noon Rotary club meeting, and tonight we are having dinner again with Oh.  Oh is always so genuinely friendly and excited to hang out with us.  If we were to vote on our group’s favorite person, it would probably be him.

In just a few short days, our journey will be over.  I am getting excited about seeing all of my friends and family back home, but I am also still interested in the wonders of Thailand left to unfold in the next week.

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