Vision Quest

In some Native American Cultures a vision quest is undertaken as a turning point in life taken to find oneself and the intended spiritual and life direction.

The vision quest could be described as a practice in living and dying. Something is being left behind, dying; and something is beginning, being born. The vision quest supports both the dying and the rebirth by allowing space and time for new knowledge and understanding to develop and manifest.

It has three elements:

Severance – intentionally leaving behind your life as you have known it.

Threshold – the time betwixt and between what you have known and what is emerging.

Incorporation – the return with new knowledge, understanding and skills that will be integrated into the next stage of life.

Monday, 22 November 2010

Leaving Langkawi

I paid for a ticket to Bangkok via a tour operator so probably paid about £10 more than if I'd done it all myself but it was really useful getting picked up from my guesthouse and the port at Satun and ferried to the bus station.

The ferry from Langkawi to Satun took about 1.5 hours and then I got ferried onto an open-backed truck and dropped off at the bus station to begin another bus mission. I was kind of lucky in that I got a seat at the top and front so I got a really good view and loads of legroom. First impressions of Thailand are that the people are really lovely - always smiling and helpful.

The journey was okay. They played some Thai music and put a Thai film on which I watched. It was absolutely mental - I'm unsure whether it was supposed to be a horror film or a comedy, probably a bit of both. I'm getting slightly better at sleeping on busses so managed to get a couple of hours in. Due to the bus driver being a maniac I arrived into Bangkok bus station at about 3am. Wandered around the bus station looking lost for a little bit then found a taxi rank and made by way to Koh San Road which is where the back-packy area is.

There were loads of people wandering around, it seems Bangkok never sleeps. I had the name and address of a good guesthouse just off Koh San Road which I found my way to and checked in there for the night. Paid 350 baht which is about 7 pounds - more than I'd usually spend but wasn't really in the mood to start bargaining and just wanted to get some kip. Plus arriving at 4am, you get two nights sleep for the price of one!

Today I've had a wander around Koh San Road and done some shopping. Bangkok is cool but massive and I feel a bit lost here. Tomorrow I'm planning on going to the Royal Palace and Wat Phi which are supposed to be stunning and I think I can walk from here.

Tomorrow night I'm heading to Chiang Mai on yet another overnight bus. I've heard only good things about Chiang Mai and will be visiting my friend Ewan there so looking forward to it.
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  1. Anonymous22 November 2010 at 19:11

    Wow, you really are getting around! Sounds like you're having an amazing time, I'm very impressed and feel rather inspired to go travelling myself, it actually seems possible now that you're doing it. It's quite exciting just reading about your adventures :D

    (Barney)

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