From Kathmandu to Bali to Bangkok. Have you ever done so
much traveling in a month?
Flying in and out of Lahore, I
much prefer to be with people I know because hardly any women travel so you are
pretty much the only white female on the plane. On the way back from Kathmandu
I had to take the spot of one of our athletes cause she was being harassed by
the person next to her. Of course he started to talk to me and I put him in his
place without making a big scene. And flying to Bangkok I was stuck between 2
men that kept staring. I mean, give it a rest. You are on a plane, the last
thing you want to do is creep someone out who is next to you.
I finished coaching my last
season, girls soccer, where we traveling to Kathmandu. We didn’t expect to win
many games, however, we managed to secure 6th place out of 8th
which was amazing for the girls! They were so happy to not be last, which is an
LAS reputation for sports. They worked very hard.
For spring
break Ryan, Julia, Neil and I went to Bali. It was so relaxing. One week was
however, not long enough. I learned how to surf which was awesome. It was so
much fun except for the part where you surf in on a wave and have to make your
way back out. I was trampled by so many waves and every time I was making my
way out, I seemed to always hit a set of waves, which basically drowned me. And
I’m a good swimmer but man, it was tough to get out again. I kept apologizing
for my board hitting people. Finally I learned the ‘turtle’ in which you hold
on tight as you turn upside down to cut underneath the wave. Well, my board
still flew out from underneath my hands cause it was so big!
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| White Sand Beach! |
I love the friendly people in Bali. It was great to meet
different people and hear the history of Bali. We hiked through the rice fields
and saw a view of the volcano even though it was covered in clouds. One day we
rented scooters and it was Ryan’s first time driving and my second time
driving. We shared one. That was a bad idea actually because we were very
wobbly and might have hit another scooter on the road. He just kicked out
scooter and went on his way. Oh dear. But it was a lot of fun cause we took the
scooters to a water temple. We finished the day off with a visit to the White
Sand Beach. The water was so blue!
The holiday was not long enough but it was worth it and it
was nice just to get out of Lahore for a bit.
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| Mt. Agung. Can barely see it |
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| Eating Balinese style |
I came back to Lahore for 1 day only to leave again to Bangkok for the annual Athletic Director conference. At the meeting all the AD’s
decide who are going to host what sports the following year and of course we
have some fun on our nights out! It was great to meet the people who I
will be working with next year with my new job as Athletic Director. I had an
extra day in Bangkok so I went to the doctor to find out what was wrong with my
ankle. I figured out that I have a partial ruptured ligament that I might have
to get surgery on. Well after 6 months, I am glad I figured out what was wrong
with it. Well this last month will be very busy but at least I will be in one
place. No more traveling until Canada June 7! Can’t wait!
