As our elongated metal tube trudged along Chotana Road, a busy highway in the Thai province of Chiang Mai, a thought dawned upon us. The street corners, billboards, and fluorescent lighting had changed to open rice fields, and an assortment of vibrant greenery. As this came to pass, memories openly flooded the conditioned air of cylinder-like vehicle. A connection had occurred, not one between man and nature. Instead between men. Shared admiration and appreciation connect the most opposite of people despite whatever barriers may stand between. Language, religion, or whatever it may be otherwise.
After a fair distance through the open fields of the Chotana road foreground and its subtle mountains creeping in backgrounds fog, another change in scenery occurred.