Although I am currently in New Zealand, I realize I've been slacking...my bad.
After my time in Chiang Mai, I signed up for a three day trek in to the Thai jungle. Why not? I LOVE bugs and spiders and the overwhelming fear that grips me when they are near. It actually turned out to be quite fantastic. I got to ride on the neck of an elephant, go bamboo rafting, played in a waterfall and slept in an authentic mosquitonet which did a terrible job of keeping of aunthentic mosquitos. We had a pretty good group: it was me, a dutch group, 4 korean guys, a english boy and a german kid that was having a serious case of burger king withdrawal. Really, it was a good time. I did however find a spider the size of a coffee saucer in our bunk house. I was told not to freak out so much as it only eats insects and small birds. Oh, small birds, you say? Have they ever mistaken a hand or a face for such an animal?
I crawled out of the jungle in time to cathc an overnight train to Bangkok. Luckily, there was a group of jet-lagged French tourists who kept us all up all night talking about how great it is to be french or whatever it is they go on about.
I got back to BKK and basically spent the next few days hanging out at the hostel. There was a wide assortment of people meandering around so I was never lonely to say the least. I saw Cloverfield the first day I was back(A whole day before Alaska! Booyah International Date Line!) The weekend was spent bargaining in the Chatachuk market which is something like 15,000 stalls of literally whatever: household stuff, souvenirs, plants, food, exotic animals, I mean everything. I was pretty knackered to say the least, but I was happy with my haggling and that is the important part.
I left for NZ after a satisfactory going away party on Khao Sanand got here a few hours ago. They almost didn't let me into the country becasue of some weird issue with my return ticket (Who even HAS paper tickets anymore!?) but they let me slink in. I got to the hostel and took and shower and even blow dried my hair!!!! For the first time in a month, my hair doesn't look like a puff ball. I have a hair style again!!!! I'm off to look for a sports bra. Doing nothing all day and drinking at night is beginning to ruin all the hard work I put in before I left so I need to get it together. At least in NZ, it's not blistering hot so one can do physical activity here.
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oh liz, you don't have hair style! i miss you! you look cute as a puff ball any day... i am drinking for you right now!!!!
Good to hear from you Lizzy, I am with you on the whole "spider thing"... no thank you. AK Temp.s have been pretty mild, its suppose to get back down to -20 or -30 by the weekend with more snow. Hey, I wonder if you can teach me how to "slink".... :)
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