In the next two weeks, I learned how to make Thai curries, maneuver a motorbike, and give a Thai massage. I rode an elephant, guided a bamboo raft down a river, and kickboxed in a Thai gym. I went north to Chang Mai and south to Koh Samui and Koh Pangan. I chose to avoid the full moon party, but not the Spanish man I met at a bar.
I got back on the plane having little regret, knowing that I had honored one very important resolution, “be true to myself.”
