Sunday, November 29, 2009
PHI PHI DON
Hello all,
There were no jobs in Phuket due to immigration everywhere, so we decided to head to an island, phi phi don. It's right beside the island phi phi lay, where the movie the beach was filmed (the island looks a lot smaller than it does in the movie). There are a few dive centres around and the job that I have seen most of the backpackers doing is handing out flyers for bars at night time...(I hope it wont come to that haha)
Phi phi don is really beautiful. The main beach isnt that nice and its pretty crowded but Sam and I rented a kayak and went to some other beaches and they are amazing. Big waves, white sand and really blue-green water. When we were kayaking Sam jumped in the water but we didnt realize how shallow it was and got a giant sea urchin stuck into his foot. We were pretty far out so after lots of swearing when we made it all the way to shore to find some vinegar to make thesting go away, the thai guys just laughed at him and told him "pee on i', pharmacy of thailand." Eventually the spines dissolve but they're still stuck in his foot. He was finally on the mend until yesterday when we were on our way back from our epic swim he stepped on another one and we had to swim all the way back to shore so he could pee on it again.
Yesterday, before the second sea urchin spike Sam handed out a couple of resume's to some dive centres so hopefully we will get some work soon. We still havent been to phi phi lay, if we dont go before my birthday then we will go on my birthday. Anyhow thats all for now, nothing else much to report, other than a few sun burns, its really really hot. Enjoy the rain/snow!!!
Love, Mads.
There were no jobs in Phuket due to immigration everywhere, so we decided to head to an island, phi phi don. It's right beside the island phi phi lay, where the movie the beach was filmed (the island looks a lot smaller than it does in the movie). There are a few dive centres around and the job that I have seen most of the backpackers doing is handing out flyers for bars at night time...(I hope it wont come to that haha)
Phi phi don is really beautiful. The main beach isnt that nice and its pretty crowded but Sam and I rented a kayak and went to some other beaches and they are amazing. Big waves, white sand and really blue-green water. When we were kayaking Sam jumped in the water but we didnt realize how shallow it was and got a giant sea urchin stuck into his foot. We were pretty far out so after lots of swearing when we made it all the way to shore to find some vinegar to make thesting go away, the thai guys just laughed at him and told him "pee on i', pharmacy of thailand." Eventually the spines dissolve but they're still stuck in his foot. He was finally on the mend until yesterday when we were on our way back from our epic swim he stepped on another one and we had to swim all the way back to shore so he could pee on it again.
Yesterday, before the second sea urchin spike Sam handed out a couple of resume's to some dive centres so hopefully we will get some work soon. We still havent been to phi phi lay, if we dont go before my birthday then we will go on my birthday. Anyhow thats all for now, nothing else much to report, other than a few sun burns, its really really hot. Enjoy the rain/snow!!!
Love, Mads.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Phuket?
Well I'm not sure if I have said that Sam and I are safe and sound in Phuket, but we are. No jobs, aparently you need to have a work permit...and you need to be young...and thai...
But anyhow, today we went to Ton Sai waterfall, actually we went to get some repairs done on the motorbike but we saw the sign so we decided to go to the waterfall instead. We didnt bother having breakfast or taking water because we assumed we would just take the motor bike along and see a cool waterfall. So in flip flops we wandered up a path which turned out to be a hiking trail through the jungle...the thai jungle is something you need a thai bodyguard to escort you through....and if any of you know about my fear of ants, well anyways, Sam saw thousands of super big ants crawling around so he got really close and stepped all over them to take a picture...and then the ants all started going crazy and climbed all over him and bit him (he says they sucked his blood but I think he might be exagerating). Then we got lost a few times and it ended up taking hours and after more ants and snakes and spiderwebs in my hair we (I) decided to go back. So when we finally hiked all the way down got on our motorbike and started heading home I kept on feeling something moving in my helmet and moving into my hair but I thought it was the wind and stopped thinking about it until it moved a couple more times so we stopped to take off my helmet and find the worlds biggest blackest spider curled up in it. Needless to say, I threw the helmet as far away as I could and saw the spider crawl out of it. So in the end now I not only have a deathly fear of ants, its spiders too.
Anyhow next time i'll try to upload some photos of the trip so far!
Love to all!
But anyhow, today we went to Ton Sai waterfall, actually we went to get some repairs done on the motorbike but we saw the sign so we decided to go to the waterfall instead. We didnt bother having breakfast or taking water because we assumed we would just take the motor bike along and see a cool waterfall. So in flip flops we wandered up a path which turned out to be a hiking trail through the jungle...the thai jungle is something you need a thai bodyguard to escort you through....and if any of you know about my fear of ants, well anyways, Sam saw thousands of super big ants crawling around so he got really close and stepped all over them to take a picture...and then the ants all started going crazy and climbed all over him and bit him (he says they sucked his blood but I think he might be exagerating). Then we got lost a few times and it ended up taking hours and after more ants and snakes and spiderwebs in my hair we (I) decided to go back. So when we finally hiked all the way down got on our motorbike and started heading home I kept on feeling something moving in my helmet and moving into my hair but I thought it was the wind and stopped thinking about it until it moved a couple more times so we stopped to take off my helmet and find the worlds biggest blackest spider curled up in it. Needless to say, I threw the helmet as far away as I could and saw the spider crawl out of it. So in the end now I not only have a deathly fear of ants, its spiders too.
Anyhow next time i'll try to upload some photos of the trip so far!
Love to all!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Bangkok
Well we arrived to Bangkok a few days ago, with no plans and no idea what to expect. All we knew was the name of a road -Khao San road and which bus we had to take from the airport. We havent been doing much apart from eating wierd food from the street carts and walk around and buy things. Sam insists on trying everything to eat, it doesnt seem to bother him what part of the chicken or pig he has. The only thing he didnt really like was the bag of deep fried crickets and other bugs. He also said no to "chicken ass" or something that sounded a lot like it.
We are now trying to figure out where to go next, I think we will spend a few more days here and then get around to the islands to see where the diving is good and try to find some work.
The food is the best part so far, you can get a pineapple or papaya cut right in front of you or a stick of meat or pad thai cooked with whatever you want in it.
Anyhow I'm running out of time, thats all for now! Lots of love and rice!
Ps. you dont want to know what a "ping pong show" is.
We are now trying to figure out where to go next, I think we will spend a few more days here and then get around to the islands to see where the diving is good and try to find some work.
The food is the best part so far, you can get a pineapple or papaya cut right in front of you or a stick of meat or pad thai cooked with whatever you want in it.
Anyhow I'm running out of time, thats all for now! Lots of love and rice!
Ps. you dont want to know what a "ping pong show" is.
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