Arrived in Chiang Mai

Sawadee kap!

After travel which began at 11am on the 18th in Augusta, with stops in Tokyo and a night at the Bangkok Airport, I finally made it to Chiang Mai at roughly 10:30am EST on the 19th. It's about 11am on the 20th here, and already quite warm. I'm settled in my hotel, which will be my home for the next few weeks. I have a Thai cell phone that probably has some crazy ringtone. I checked out the BABSEA and dropped by where our workshops will be over the next few weeks, but have not met any of the other interns and only a few of the staff. I'll join up with them at lunch and dive in to the afternoon session, which will be discussing HIV/AIDS. I'm thinking I'll dominate that talk with my in depth knowledge of the Feres doctrine and Parker test. Thank you Prof. Ritchie, making me look good halfway around the world. I can't believe that's the first topic I'll sit in on. I thought all the substantive law I learned in legal writing could be stowed away for the time being.

Anyways, there are some fun activities in the coming days including yoga at 6:45, a hike in the mountains and a trip to market to pick out ingredients for Thai meals that we'll cook. So, hopefully some of the posts in the coming days will be more interesting and include some photos. Now, time for my first shower in several days and a bit of a nap.

Laa kàwn.