i made it

so here i am in mae sot.......which should ba called mae "hot"! it is so hot in this town. koh tao and bangkok were hot.....but......wow! it must be near 40 degrees here. mae sot reminds me a bit of africa........not just the heat.......the look of the town too.

i met the contact for the burma volunteer program today and she seems really nice. she's so accomodating. within the group of burmese people i will be teaching there is a guy who runs a preschool or something and they are going to see if i can work with his kids. i originally asked if there was a children's program, since i love working with children and that's where my esl experience is, but there isn't an opening right now with the one position the burma volunteer project has..........but maybe i'll get to work with this guy's preschool. we had a short meeting aand i met the other volunteers in the area. they all seem like a nice bunch of people. one women is actually from annapolis royal! it's such a small world! (for any of you not from nova scotia.......this is a town further down the valley i'm from.) i start orientation tomorrow and that's about all i know so far.

i am wiped out from this heat and slept most of today. i'm off to get something to eat. i'll write again soon.