Home.

With my watch and my mind still on Thai time, as opposed to the more regularly used human time, I completely mucked up my arrival. I was convinced that by flying back on tuesday morning realy early on a 12 hour flight, combined with the time difference, I would arrive on wednesday morning. It wasn't until 5 hours before landing at Schiphol that I realized that is was, and would be still tuesday when I reached home...
Typical.
Changing back my biological clock and time-set aren't the only things I have to get used to after only one month in Thailand. When my mother picked me up from the trainstation, the first thing I asked her was: "Taxi by meter, ok? yes?". At home I searched my bags for toiletpaper before going for a wee, and afterwards threw the papers in the bin. Another amazing thing happened: I walked over a pedestrian crossing (zebrapad) and you know what? The cars actually stopped! I was so confused, I proceeded carefully whilst signaling a quiet 'Khap kun khaaaa' (Thai for 'thank you') to the drivers. Next on at the supermarket, I felt the need to negotiate on the price of vegetables; 1 euro for just a cucumber seems a bit steep, if you can get a Phad Thai for that money. Or a green curry with tofu... Or a coconutshake.
Ah well, I'm sure I'll settle in soon enough, I already put my gasheater back on and bought (and ate) some real cheese. In the meantime, I'll share my top 10 on Thailand:

10) Going home
I never appreciated hot showers and my green Dick Boons boots more than after spending only one month in Thailand.
9) KOC at Moon Star Studio
and talking to (not as much 'with') Erlend and Eirik. With a big thank you to Renika and Patricia.
8) Black lake and Karaoke
realising I'm my own guide again.
7) Watching the stars with a powerblack out and forgetting tides from a hammockmill
this also included a Snickers-shake, so I don't feel this needs more explanation.
6) Coconutshakes (and ice-coffees and ice-tea)
i hardly drank cocktails or alcohol, why would you with such marvelous other drinks? Good company also helps. With a big thank you to Beatrice, Vanessa and Manuel.
5) Food from a certain stall at Soi Rammbuttri.
I never ate so much rice in my life; for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Occasionally alternated with pad thai noodles. And then right back to rice.
4) Pai land
a small self-regulating farm right outside Pai; the sweetest thing I've ever seen (apart from the baby-kittens, but they were also in Pai).
3. Another hammock moment, but now with Peter's brother playing the guitar@Koh Chang
I was lying in his hammock, completely hidden from everything, liked an unpeeled banana while he was just quietly played his guitar. For me this was the closest to heaven I'd ever been.
2. Pai.
I could probably fill a whole top 10 with Pai-related events, but I won't (I dedicated 3 blogs to Pai and it has to end somewhere). I already feel like I cheated by referring to Pai land seperately. With a big thank you to Kat, Carol and Thomas (our little troop).
1. Diving @Koh Tao.
Yes, I'm as surprised as you are. For someone who doesn't like snorkeling (water-in- the-tube-trauma) and has a small fear of live swimming fish, getting my Padi was a big thing, and I never would have dreamt of enjoying it the way I did. Diving is like being part of a giant big screen television, but better.
With a big thank you to Jesse.

So, this is it. I'm back home. Bags are unpacked, laundry is drying, pictures are being developed and friends and family met again. My routine had missed me a lot, it couldn't wait to suck me right back in (it's just not the same without me). But hopefully I'll slow down a bit to a more Thai-time pace...