Thailand.

We made it to Thailand! Hard to believe we've only been here a little over 12 hours with as much as we've done already.  Our flight from San Francisco was delayed a couple hours due to mechanical problems so our flights spanned over three days - left on the 11th and arrived on the 13th. I haven't slept much in the last few nights and am looking forward to my first full night of sleep in a bed tonight.  This first week we're staying in a pretty nice hotel, which includes wifi and air conditioning, and I think we're getting spoiled a little bit compared to what's to come, but it's nice while we're adapting to everything. The weather is warm and amazing....although considering it's the 'cool season' I can't imagine how hot it's going to get in a few months. The food we've had so far is pretty fantastic as well.

Our first day of PST (pre-service training) was a lot to take in.  Introductions, pictures, language intro, medical stuff, shots....the staff we have here is amazing and really excited about our arrival.  We got a few language basics today, and the language teachers are awesome - hilarious, engaging, and supportive. This is a whole new way of language learning that seems like it'll be pretty effective.   The Peace Corps staff (here and in San Francisco) has mentioned to our group multiple times that we 'won the lottery' in terms of country assignments.  So far the people seem great and I can't wait until we're able to see more of the country. 

We get introduced to our host families at the end of this week and move out of the hotel and in with them on Saturday - a little scary considering they might not speak any English.  We also get our bicycles in a couple days and have two whole days of 'bike training'....curious to see why we need two days for that, but excited to get a bicycle again. 

Hopefully I'll get a few pictures on here eventually....still trying to figure out this whole blog business.