Today was the first day I spoke to some people and socialized a little. People of different ages and untypical backgrounds. I am glad I am giving myself time to explore and not rushing from one spot to the next.

Today I checked in at another hostel with a beautiful garden and went on a walk along the canal. I found an amazing café with signature drinks…something with passionfruit and apple juice and 4 other ingredients… and coffee of course! It sounds a little strange, but it was very delicious. Later, when I was taking a picture of a bus station (a very interesting looking bus station!) and someone with an analog camera approached me and was like oh actually that is a good shot, can I steal it? I wandered around some temples and noticed that it takes some time to calm my mind. To get away from trying to optimize every minute, wanting to see every possible highlight and loosing the fear of missing out. Because what I don’t realise in these moments is that by stressing and making myself go to all these spots I would actually be missing out on something way more important. And that is to give myself time and see what feels right. To explore with an open mind. To be fully present where I am. To trust myself that I will stumble upon interesting places wherever I go. And it’s not like I don’t know, but it doesn’t stop my thoughts sometimes and then it‘s an inner fight which can be fairly draining to make any decision or plan for the day. But I am glad I am deciding for what feels right and am very happy with the decisions I made on this trip. Today it proved to be right in every extend. The café I found was on a path I didn‘t know if there would be anything remotely interesting in that direction and I started doubting myself if it even makes sense to go that way. And not even 5min later and that path lead to a fantastic temple and local shops with incredible wood work and I bought a tiny paint brush. Further along that path I found delicious food and a bridge for pedestrians with basically a garden on it with a view over the skyline of Bangkok at sunset. You could say it was luck, but I have to say, I experienced this so often already. And it surprises me how often I still have to remind myself to trust myself or in some sort of uncertainty. Step by step I am getting there. And when I allow myself to take it slow I see how much energy I gain after a while and then all the researched highlights and activities come in very handy and most importantly: exciting. And I am excited what else I will find, explore and discover on my travels.