Jungle, city and beach

October 24 & 25, 2023,

or as I now know better: 2566! We're almost 500 years ahead in the Buddhist calendar, but we've all done well. What I also know now is that when a gong sounds, the soul is cleansed and both hemispheres of the brain are brought into harmony again. I took part in a meditation, didn't understand anything, inhaled a lot of scents and felt very cleansed 😅

Then I was in the jungle, in a national park. Many elephants live there that have been freed from poor husbandry and can live there under supervision. Phew, in real life they are much bigger when you stand close to them. And this trunk really made an impression on me. When the elephant next to me didn't feel like it and stomped away angrily, I got a little annoyed. But then we still “cuddled” and there was also food. How rough they feel and how hard the hairs are. That was definitely a special kind of experience.

Otherwise, yesterday and today there was the pain of saying goodbye. Tomorrow I leave paradise to fly to Bangkok. So again to the beach, into the city and of course to the market.

I will miss the island life and the people. It's always particularly fun when you want to go somewhere on foot. A scooter immediately stops next to you and takes you away. I refused the first time, but that's how they do it here. The Thais don't walk 😂😂😂

The last two days were really very relaxing, action can now happen again.