Living in an Isarn Village

[Ryan - M]

Hi Juan,

I totally understand how you feel. I have been in an Isaan village for the last six weeks staying with my wife's family and, although there are some great things to see and do here, it occassionaly gets mind-numbingly boring.

I play guitar and write music so I did a lot of composing in the first weeks but then i felt like i was being too selfish as everyone else did house work and stuff. Aslo because its Song Kran I had a couple of really good days dancing and drinking and getting soaking wet.

I've had to tell myself and my wife that I don't want to live here forever. My wife tends to just just agree with me but I feel in the long run she will want to be here as she feels totally in her element here. I worry that the village life may become a breaking point in our marriage if we can't agree on it, still, thats the future, don't worry about it now.

I'm also near Mukdahan which seems like a big city after beig in the village!

Ryan