Firsts

This trip has been a series of many firsts. I thought you might be interested to read about a few of them, in list form of course...

 

Thailand Firsts:

• First time riding a scooter.
• First time crashing a scooter.
• First time getting back on said scooter after crashing it.
• First time having a puppy try to ride on my scooter.
• First time hearing a cat in heat. (What an awful sound.)
• First time seeing an un-neutered dog.
• First time flushing the toilet with a bucket of water.
• First time using a bidet to wash sand off my feet.
• First time being excited to see soap AND paper towels in a loo.
• First time landing in a pineapple field.
• First time riding on the back of a motorcycle. (And with a stranger while carrying my paraglider, no less!)
• First time riding in a side car of a motorcycle.
• First time receiving a just-harvested pineapple from a stranger.
• First time pantomiming a golf swing.
• First time kitesurfing.
• First time flying over a Queen's palace.
• First time wading in water up to my shoulders while fully dressed in cotton clothing.
• First time getting towed behind a boat in the ocean.
• First time cooking fried calamari.
• First time making lemongrass chicken.
• First time preparing papaya salad.
• First time drinking Sangsom Manao (rum and lime soda).
• First time wreck diving.
• First time driving a truck in 4H in the mud.
• First time adding minutes to my phone using a scratch-off card.

And that's it... for now. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?