Koh Samui First Impressions

I’m in Koh Samui. I forgot to eat at the Suvarnabhumi Airport Burger King, which Jessica said was the bomb-diggity. Since I’m doing a detox program here, I won’t be eating Burger King on my way back either.

Yup, I’ve decided to do the detox program here. I was under the weather last month, so it’s a good opportunity to cleanse my insides. I’ve always wanted to do one ever since Jeremy talked about how his body “felt like butter”.

Most importantly, though, I want to purify my body. As impermanent as my body is, I feel it would help me on my quest to purify the mind. Less bodily weirdness means more focus on purifying the mind.

Airport security confiscated my shampoo and I can’t find my soap, so I’ve been using Samahita’s soap to wash my hair, face, and body. It’s strangely satisfying to simplify another area of my life.

There are no highways. There are no traffic lights.

For being in a foreign country for the first time, I am surprisingly underwhelmed. I have trouble communicating and I can’t read most of the stuff, but I don’t feel lost or helpless.

There was a blackout for a few minutes. I was about to shower. Instead I walked out of my balcony and chatted with my neighbors.

We should have blackouts more often.