i forgot to talk about the best part of the slum homestay. the last night we had a dance party in the street and it was amazing. the houses are all really close together and the whole community acts like family, most of them really are, so people would just stop by to dance a little or just watch the farangs (foreigners) make a fool of themselves. there was lots of beer and a couple of ladyboys and this one really chubby guy who was doing this ridiculous/amazing cheerleading dance which someone took a video of and i will find a way to post here because it was crazy. ok so maybe it isn't as interesting when relayed as it was being there but, as usual, we made the most real connections with these people to whom we can usually only say "what is your name?" and "is this food spicy?" t0 when beer was involved. parties bring people together even if they can't speak the same language. we are pitching the idea of a bar crawl to learn more thai and really connect with the university community to our teachers, i'm not sure if they will go for it though.
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