I arrived for Thailand-Take-Two this morning, and flew up to meet my friend Abby (from college) who I will be traveling with for the next 2 weeks. She’s been living in Chiang Mai for the last year and a half teaching English, so has been dragging me all over town today like a pro. Motor bikes have been whizzing past me all day long, sending post traumatic stress shivers down my spine. Abby and I spent the day plotting our travels, booking flights, getting bus schedules, and building an action packed itinerary. We leave tomorrow morning for Laos, and will take the slow boat down the Mekong River to Luang Probang and onto Vientiene. I, once again, am a walking zombie after a roughly 40 hour journey to Chiang Mai that consisted of 4 plane flights, a car ride, and a bus. I’ve managed to stay up all day today, so hopefully I’ll adjust to the 12 hour time difference by tomorrow.