Today was a luxurious day. It is Saturday, so there are no English classes today, though students do have regular classes. Instead, I went with Jessica (a frequent volunteer teacher from Vermont who is moving here in Sept.) and her 17 year old daughter Jaz, (who fast tracked through high school so that she could volunteer here) to a reservoir. About 20 minutes in a tuk tuk, after stopping for fruit and cold drinks, got us to the reservoir where the is a free beach. But nuts to that.....we rented a boat - $10 for the day. The driver took us across to an island, where aside from the kids that are always around trying to sell tourists little trinkets, we were the only ones. On the island are raised platforms with rooves (no walls) and underneath the roof of each one are hammocks. We picked one with 4 hammocks, as our tuk tuk driver came along too. We sat on the platform, had some chicked and rice that Jaz had picked up from a vendor before we crossed, and then we lay in hammocks, with a refreshing breeze coming off of the water, and we read and chatted through the heat of the day.
On the island are also ruins of a small temple as well as a raised* pagoda with a Buddha statue for those who wish to worship.
*(Most things are raised on stilts here due to the rainy season)
Really, not much to complain about today. I can't believe that this place was so isolated, cheap to get to and so relaxing!
Tonight we're heading to a carnival of sorts that happens every night on the edge of town - the big nights are Thursday Sunday so it's not really a happening place tonight, but we are just going for dinner. (More on this once I actually go to one of the big nights!)
That's it for now!
J.
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