Bike Ride Sunday Jan 22nd

Today I went on a bike ride w a few friends who are training the new volunteers. Cullen, Jon, and Vanessa were all volunteers in group 115. They were doing development work in the North East of Thailand and finished their service on Halloween day. Over the past year I have had a chance to get to know them all pretty well and was so excited they would be in Uthai for a few months.
So this morning the called and swung by my house and we went off for a ride. We went headed in the direction of some of the trainees homestays and got to see a few of them. They have been at their houses for 5 days now and today was the first day they had all day to be with their family. Lots were going on trips, but didn't exactly understand where they were going. Many were excited to see us so we could communicate some information they couldn't explain themselves. Like that they wanted to go totown that afternoon to use internet. Or that they can eat other things besides hotdogs.
It was a fabulous ride. They have a gorgeous area of town to live in. Lots of their houses are right on the river.