My Zen is coming back!

I love Thailand, its colors, its people, the weather, life is beautiful!


Life is full of surprises, learning opportunities and amazing people.  Be open to it, it is fun, fun, fun!!!

I love my life, I love loving the present moment, and I am thankful that I have this opportunity right now to live this!

I am learning about the world and about myself everyday!  Hopefully I am getting close to my greater self along the way.  : )

Yesterday I have spent the day mostly by myself, which I have to say felt really great.  I scootered around Chiang Mai, spent time writing, stopped to meditate a little (just a little) in a beautiful temple, and read some Osho (an India spiritual teacher).  I read about emptiness, about being filled with emptiness, more emptiness, in a positive way.  To be empty is sometimes thought of as a bit negative, I love the way he puts it:"Being empty is being full of space, silence, stillness, etc.  It is a good thing.  I now want to be empty, to allow space for "God" to fill me up!

Last weekend, road trip to Chiang Rai, north of Chiang Mai, was an amazing ride through the mountains.  Nature at its best, beauty all around me, I breath it all in, I am thankful to be alive, healthy and here.  My Zen is coming back, Buddha is not to far!  lol  You can see picutres of that after this post, the mountains of Chiang Rai at sunrise was amazing!  719 stairs to climb to get to this temple, everyone of them were worth the effort.


Chiang Rai is different than the rest of Thailand because it is populated with a Chinese community.  They still speak Chinese and watch Chinese tv.  I had a thought for you my Chinese friends, a mini peak of China was available there.  In the morning, breakfast in the market was certainly different.  Coffee with condensed milk, sweet and good!  I could have spent a few days there, maybe I will go back.

There so much to say, so much I would want to share, I don't want to spend to much time in front of this computer but I want to share and connect with you guys.  One of the cool thing of the last two days was eating fried insects.  A big grass hopper, some scarab beettle, some worms and mini flies of some sort.  It was an interesting experience which was all about mind over mater.  The taste was not bad, I mean it was fried so it tasted like fried something.  And it was fried enough that the inside texture was not... well, you know.  

Remco, my Teacher!

Old city of Chiang Mai at sunset.

One of my favorite restaurant - street food is amazing and cheap!

The old city is surrounded by a river, traffic flows one way on each side, it makes a nice scene when driving around town.

Cute, I think!

Crossing the river.

I took so many pictures of bikes in India, had to take this one, all clean and no rust!

Jeffrey, without the beard, nice little cafe!

White temple, not sure what to say about it, it felt a bit surreal.

Chiang Rai village, top of the mountain, just after sunrise.

I hope you have enjoyed,
I love you all!

Metta,
Health, love, laughter your way!

My Zen is back, thanks to the beautiful sun shining in my face today, my freedom to be who I want and do what I want.  I am blessed, I know it, and I filled with gratitude for all that life puts on my path!

Hug!
Charles