sabaidee caaaaa

im in koh samet, a pretty litttle island it took us 3.5 hours on a bus then a 45 min boat to get here from bangkok. Janine and Dr Pete have decided to be my stalkers, although me and janine are leaving Dr Pete here tomorrow so we can hit lady boy capital Pattaya for one night of crazyness.

we spent the day in bangkok visiting the grand palace nice but BORINGm we then went for a spot of street, pork noodle soup. i swear i ate pig willy, pig testicles, pig nipples, pig tongue, pretty much no normal part of the pig. the soup was super nice though. i got a coke with me lunch pretty standard. but then i was rudely rushed and told we were heading to another temple (great) so we had to get crackingso i had to pour my coke in a plastic bag so i could take it away. coke takeaway! it happens here i looked like a real asian apart from white. maybe albino asian, either way pretty cool.

in the biggest buddah temple in bangkok it started raining by this point me and janine were half asleep so we"d wandered off, we took shelter under a tree then we realised it was real monsoon rain not just the fake kind we've been used to where it stops quick so we waited for aaaaages for the others then decided to make a run for a taxi back, we managed to get a tuk tuk - genius in the rain they have no windows or doors haha we were already drenched from top to bottom. my bag got soaked so did my purse i later had to dry my baht! seriouisly!!when i got in the tuk tuk all i heard was riiiiiip. my amazing thai/vietnamese pants had ripped. cue for hysterical laughter! they had ripped so bad and they cost like $1 but they were my favourite pants i felt like a geniune backpacker in them. dammit. i suppose its a excuse for a new pair and a trip to the markets. whoooop.

our tuk tuk driver was like yeah man i know where your hotel is... what a lie he took us to koh san road and demanded that was our stop. we then realised we had only the name of our hotel and no address which is a school boy error as its the golden rule of asia always have your hotel card in case you get lost. DOH!!! yorkshire and a geordie together dangerous action!!tuk tuk eventyally kicked us out after realising he had no idea even after asking a taxi man who then tried to charge us like $100 to get back dont think so. we wandered for a bit on koh san road wheich janine claimed was not koh san road (it was) we then got a new tuk tuk and he saved the day by driving us all the way from one of bangkok to the other via the bronx and some really dodogy places. throughtout all of this it rained and rained! by the time we got back to the hotel we were actually freezing it was mental. i had to have a hot shower then i went to bed.

we then all met up for a final night together it was soo weird. we went for a tatsy meal i had pizza it was amzing as it wasnt rice!! we then hit koh san road after debating for 5 years for a taxi to agree to take us there. we then went to a bar where they did a canny margarita but it wasa slightly boring bar so we moved on to a lively bar. there was a bit of an issue here with paying but i missed it as i was dancing in the street with some hot french men with the lovely norweigan girls!! Tong ended up going home with german anna in a bit of a mood so that was a bit of a downer on our last night together. we then made some hangover videos where we danced to gangnam style in the street and then met some crazy koreans who were like we are korean but the weird thing was they didnt know their own national dance. so we kinda taught them how to do it. with much screaming YEY. Koh san road is also hillarious, men walk round with menus no one is.... )michelle this is for you)... p**** Ping Pong. serioiusly. no one would let me take a photo of these menus but i used my charm and got one man to agree to it so i have photographic evidence. there was a highly entertaining selection including p**** Open Bottle. Nice. Thailand is bloody mental. this night i got a cocktail from a lady boy who looked like she was saving for the chop so i gave her a nice 40pence tip to help her acheive her dreams. we ended up going to some club that made me soo happy as it had that amazing thing called Aircon! in england aircon is not appreciated as its so cold but here its the best thing in the world although maybe second to bottles of Chang andlaundry day. Janine is now wanting me to also remind people at home that when we went to mcdonalds the other day it was like a dream it was the golden gate to goodbye hangover. i really want another one now though and i dont think they exist on the island. in the club we danced all night long it was brilliant it was like being back at home actually as pete was pushing janine around like a crazy sweedish person (which is fact) and then a man from scouseland tried to fight him because of the girl pushing Dr Pete defended himself by shouting "these are my friends" as though that makes attacking girls acceptable haha shame on him. anyway Tinhead was being a bit of a d*** so i seperated them by my usual technique of face in hand and pushing him at his girlfirned who i gave a tracy death special at, so she removed him after that. good job im from south sheilds or it could have got messy. Dr pete then pushed janine again (we were on a podium though obviously) and this time janine bumped int to a teeny tiny thai lady and she fell off in to the crowd like "whhoooaaaah" it was so funny i couldnt even manage to get a laugh out until the next day but nobody else saw it!! i then made friends with some brothers from hull. which is so far the nearest people iv met to geordies. not near enough though, are any of you up for a trip to thailand?

yesterday when Janine and Brydie rudely woke me up i had had around 2 hours sleep as partying hard here happens without even realising. you get home thinking its 1am and its 4.30 or 5.30. oops!! we then rushed around like crazys getting breakfast. janine had to go to the post office and i needed travellers cheques changing which are the WORST form of monety by the way only like 1 bank accepts them and it takes about 9 hours. Janine was sending half her life back home to yorkshire as she cant carry her backpack haha. 23 kgs!!!!! its a world record!! we spent hours doing this,. i had also not being allowed a shower before this so i was manky!! nice!! we then managed to say bye to all, and grab a taxi to the bus station to get to koh samet. we litterally made the bus by the skin of our teeth!! we got some amazing biscuits which were like jammie dodgers but thai. they were so good we agreed they taste like home so much!!

when we made it the ferry termal a nice thai lady boy with amazing legs and a tash and a dress boooked us into to some beach bungalow for 4quid a night sweet. its not a bungalow and cockroach was definately on me in the middle of the night but its ok apart from quite far back from the beach and im a bit of a calamity jane. theres 3 lovely beds in a row. we inspected for bed bugs then decided to sleep in oursleep sheets or sleepybags like pete as he thought asia would be cold apparently.... i woke up in the middle of the night BOILING because dr pete had switched the fan off. we have a fan no aircon as we are cheap! shame on him indeed for a dr he has no common sense!!i think hes actually a science technician in a school!

koh samet is so beautiful though we are happy bunnies here, last night we went for a nice walk along the beach had some good food me and janine had thai currys and there was soooo hot i could only eat half of mine it was extreme!!! we then watched a amazing fireshow!! it went on for ages and it was mental how good it was and the thai men were real spicy rice indeed!!

today i had a thai massage on the beach of a lovely lady called 'number 125' she was awesome i accident tipped her almost $2 but it was worth it i suppose as i was so chilled. massages her are brilliant. like 5/6quid alot more than laos though but still 100% less than that terrible money grabbing country im actually from. Me and Janine are worried about Pete as from tomorrow he is solo and we arent massively confident on his common sense. but im sure he'll be fine, he always eats loads so at least if he gets lost he'll be fulla energy!!we're planning on getting the ferry at 8am then hopefully the bus is at 9 so we'll be there by lunchtime at latest. we have no home there yet we're sort it on arrival as we are super cool backpackers haha. anyways food is calling surprise surprise. missing you all loads - probably.... xxxxxxxxxxxxxx