Tuktuks and Turian

I made it I'm it Thailand. Here it is 10:12 on the morning of the 12th and it is only my second day with my host family. Yesterday I arrived early in the morning by the overnight train from Bangkok. My family was there to greet me except for my host sister who is in Bangkok at a music competion. Before coming to Suratthani I was in Bangkok for AFS Thailand's orientation. We arrived at night on friday actually an hour ahead of schedule so AFS was not there and so for an hour or more we waited while people came up to us Taxi Taxi. Luckly it was a big group so I felt safe. The group consisted of the American year ans semester kids along with two Canadian girls we met up with in Tokyo who are doing the summer program. Everyone in the year and semester or 6 month program is amazing and I hope to keep in touch and maybe visit them as we are all now spread out throughout Thailand from the very south to the very north. I'll try to get as much in as possible but a lot has happened. Today I am home but tomorrow I will start school. Yesterday I was lucky because it was a holiday and both my parents and brother were home all day. My host brother Phet it great. He made me feel right at home and we played games all day. He likes to play bingo, connect four and shoot and ladders. He speaks beautiful english and is already helping me with my Thai. My host mother speaks very good english as well and she tried to tell me as much as possible yesterday and said to always ask. My host father speaks some english and is trying to learn more so I'll say something in english and he will repeat it and then tell me in Thai. I think that I'll learn it very quickly as I already can count to 10 say hello, thank you and I'm sorry along with some thai fruit. I'm not really sure if this is going to go in any order and I wish I could have written from the hotel in Bangkok as now so much as happened. So here is a picture of all the year and semester American AFSers . From left to right me behind me is Leah from the San Juan Islands, then next to me is Kate, behind here is Dana from Chicago (she was my roommate in Bangkok) then there is Audry from Texas, Eve from Alaska she is about 2 hours from me in Thailand, in the peace shirt is Ramona from all over but most recently D.C. , in the black skirt is Amanda or Mandy from Portland she was my roommate in LA, next to her is Hilary from Wyoming, next is Shayme our advisror then Shawn from Tahoe in Cali actually from a town near there I believe, next is Jessica. They are the most amazing people ever and I feel as though I have known them forever and I can't wait to get to know them more. Now I'm gonna put a picture of all the AFSers who are in Thailand from our orientation in Bangkok here are our advisors who are returnees I'm going to post this then try to post one with my photos of my family.