letter home #2: business as usual

hello to all

thank you all so much for your emails. it is a really nice to feel close to home.

things are...well...going from shitty to worse here. the sirens never stop and the death tolls keep rising. a few of my friends went to patong last night, the major tourism hub of the island, and it no longer exists. amazing. phuket is no more. this place will never be the same. no insurance, no money, i cant even imagine.
to say the least, being here is one of the last places i would want to be right now.
not to mention that thailand is void os censorship on the enws, and they continually show dead bodies floating here and there etc etc.

the king's grandson died here this weekend, and if you know anythying about thailand, this is a huge huge deal. the king was here last night to pick up the body.

i am at school today. business as usual. the government schools are closed, but the privates are open. we are all waiting with baited breath to see who isn't going to be here. i wish the day was over already. heaps of my students live on the beaches...who knows who will not be here. today is going to be a shocking day i think.

dad, i sent you an email, please let me know as soon as possible.

much love to all, and i will be in touch again tomorrow.

heather

the woods are lovely dark and deep
but i have promises to keep
and miles to go before i sleep
and miles to go before i sleep...