Reunited

Sorry to ruin any suspense that was building--I know Michael still has a few days of catching up to do on his trip--but I thought I'd tell the funny little story of how we met up again.

For the past week I've been up at the Akha Hill House teaching in the nearby village school. I've really been enjoying it--the kids are adorable and it's interesting because they come from 5 different villages: the Akha village where I'm staying, a Chinese village, a Thai village, a Lisu village and another that I can't remember right now.

Last Sunday I got a ride into Chiang Rai (about 45 minutes) to do a little shopping and email. Michael was in Chiang Mai by then and we agreed to meet on Saturday in Chiang Rai, but didn't plan any specifics about where or when. On Thursday I found out that there would be no school the following day as the teachers had to go to a meeting. I decided to make the trip into Chiang Rai again, hoping that maybe Michael had already made it. I got dropped off at the bus station and went into a bakery across the street for a little breakfast. I noticed that they had internet too, so I went upstairs to check email and find out where Michael was. Yea! There was an email from him saying that he had made it to Chiang Rai. I continued reading..."I'm staying at Mae Hong Son Guesthouse". Ok, same exact guest house that I stayed at, and we hadn't talked about it at all.

"Tomorrow morning I'm gonna check out a good bakery that I heard about for breakfast". Huh? I jumped up from the computer to go ask downstairs if some American guy in a blue plaid shirt had already been in. I got half way down the stairs and started laughing--there he was in the blue plaid shirt ordering an omlette!