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The terrible twins big adventure..
well well well...where on earth do I start.
Firstly Id just like to say that I am missing everyone hugely and secondly ignore any tying errors as the keyboard happens to be in Thai !!!
Anyway, arrived wed afternoon after a very uncomfortable flight next to two fat, singing irish men and a lady who had never stepped foot in an aeroplane in her life and as a result was a complete bag of nerves.
The first thing that hit me was the humidity, its unreal. you cant go anywhere without feeling really clammy, but u do get used to it.
Shane, who is one of the Teaching people came to meet me and we drove through Bangkok to get something to eat. The second thing that struck me was the incredible amount of amazing cars that there are. its unreal, people live in these barely there houses yet outside they have a brand new BMW 7 series parked on the grass, absolutely bizzare.
Got some munch, a yummy thing cant remember the name (B, you might be able to help me out???) its like chicken and prawn noodles. V good, but to be honest I couldnt really take much in as I had a severe case of Jet lag and just wanted to have a shower and get into bed. We then drove to a wierd apartment thing which was to be my accom for the night- well...if you can call it a room !!! it was basically a cage with a matress on the floor and a hose to wash yourself, I couldnt help thinking how animalistic the whole thing was !!! but, neverthless i went straight to sleep- howevever, was awake again at 12 up until around 6, so all in all a bit of a strange night. was wierd, I didnt feel homesick I was so pumped with adrenaline I couldnt really think straight..
Next Morning Kae (another hleper) came to pick me up with this wierdo volunteer called Claire, complete Bible basher, seriosuly not my type. we went to the infamous Kao San Road which I loved. Alot of tacky clothes, dirt cheap and an incredible amont of hot backpackers!!!
Chane took us to the grand palace and to a place called the "leaning buddha" which is exactly that. Its a 100ft gold staute of buddha lying down, he is encased in Pearls-was pretty incredible actually.
Then it was time to get the bus down to Krabi. For those of you who dont know, Krabi is right at the bottom of Thailand and is the main jetty for islands such as Ko Phi Phi (the setting of the beach)..the bus was hysterical, they make it into a kind of house thing with curtains and little tables and lamps etc and at the front there is a massive shrine...v wierd ...what was even wierder were the other volunteers who were coming down with us. OH MY GOD a bunch of freaks. not my type at all, v wierd and scary, so I sat by myself and slept literally from 5 in the evening to 5 in the morning when we arrived.
When we got to Krabi at 5am, obviosuly we couldnt check into our room so we went down to the incredible white sandy beach and had a swim in the moonlight. it was so amazing to get out of my clothes which I had literally been wearing since tuesday. at 7 am we took a boat over to Riley Island. This is one of the many paradise islands and my god was it paradise....white sand, palm tress etc. However, there was east riley and west riley. West was incredible but our hostel was on the east so we trekked it to the other side of the island and it was appaling. Apparently it was one of the worst hit islands by the Tsunami and there was devastation everywhere. It was so moving, people were literally sleeping on mats on the street..
Our hostel was a proper swiss robinson affair, huts up in the trees, v cool, v nice and totally got us in the mood for the weekend.
Pips and Jordan arrived at about 11...that was the moment ive been waiting for, basically they are the volunteers who are staying in the school with me and it happens to be that pips is a friend of Squidgies so I knew we'd get on well. we had an amazing day on the beach and in the evening pips and i sat and had a cocktail by the waterfront...perfect....
It was clear there was a massive rift forming between the group. there was one b**** girl there called Nicky and she really had it in for me but that only made it all the more fun...
Next day we went Island hopping, which was so funny. I had to lug my massive rucksack on to a tiny long tail boat, plus 11 other passengers, we literally might have swam the boat was so low down.
went to two islands, chicken island and another one i cant remember the name, but it was awesome because it had like a sand bar connecting it to another island...real kodak place!!
anyway, in the evening we stayed on Krabi in a v pleasant bungalow...went out for a massive supper and met up with loads of other conservation volunteers which was actually really fun. there were some awesome guys there and pips and I ended up having an incredibly funny night which involved, a few too many cocktails, alot of laughing, a bit of skinny dipping, and a number of extremely attractive lady boys !!!!!!
Now, were back at the school. we arrived back sunday night and I have to admit I was completely shocked at the poverty in which these people live. Our room is nice but we have a massive problem with bugs, esp ants and flies- revolting but i suppose it will just take a bit of getting used to. the kids are v sweet, u have to try and look past their unbearble skinnines and black teeth and they really are charming. My favourite are the babies, they are stunning, so so so cute !!!!
Yesterday we had to go to Burma to renew Jordans visa, and Pips and I had the misfortune to witness the body of a dead fisherman who had a massive wound to his head lying on the harbou floor- I have never seen a dead body before and put it this way, its not an experience I would wish to repeat...
Anyway, really must dash as this has literally taken me 2 hours to write but I now have frequent access to internet so u can expect more regular updates...
sorry for blabbing on, but am guessing if you are reading this far then it cant have been that boing !!!
I miss u all so so much, please keep me informed about everything at home.
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