Olumayowa CP-4

I met with Joe again today, but on Landis Green because I had just left a long class and wanted to loosen up in the sun (do cartwheels for as long as I'm young enough). I was teaching him to juggle and we were included into someone else's game of Hackeysack. We've both never played so we screwed up their game and that ended pretty quickly but it got us talking about the subject of sports. Joe used to ice skate a lot in Bangkok and in Wisconsin and wanted to know about a rink in Tallahassee but unfortunately we only have an artificial rink during Christmas; I forgot to tell him about rollerskating though, there are some pretty fun places to do that in Tallahassee. Does anyone want to go to Skate World sometime? We also found out that we're planning to take the same Adult swimming class that begins at the Leech in two weeks, I should actually sign up for that asap.

Today Joe really did want to talk to me about his country and culture. I know that hiking is very popular in some Asian countries so I had to ask him about it; he recommend that I go to the north of Thailand. I love that he explained to me how foreigners go backpacking in the forests in Thailand and might get lost but they normally will find monasteries where the monks feed you and let you stay with them if necessary. This gave me a romanticized view of myself in the Thai wilderness, sleeping in my hammock fastened to trees on monastery grounds. Then I dared to ask him about the potential dangers in the woods....

Apparently there are cobras everywhere in Thailand, sometimes even in the pipes in your house. Though Joe says I'd probably be fine as long as I was where I step and don't walk around in wet areas barefoot. He says there are many more venomous snakes that I should look up before going to camp in his country. I'll definitely take that piece of advice. Also there are many tigers; although, they only attack people when they are injured. How often can that happen? I can't remember the name but he says that there is a place in Thailand I should go where all the people co-exist with the dangerous animals and are never attacked. I already feel like Asia is such a magnificent place and I'm really looking forward to my possibilities in teaching at any country there.