It's been a while since my last update, or atleast it feels like it. I'm now in the Singapore airport, about to get on a flight to Tokyo, which I have to wait in for 6 hours before I get a flight to dallas, from where I get a flight to Colorado. What a wonderful 27 hour trip ahead of me. Anyways, I will start with Koh Samui, our first stop after that crazy party.
Koh Samui was amazing, and it was very hard for us to leave. We stayed in this place called the Ark Bar, which was really fun. During the day, we just sat around the beach, got massages, and slept. It was a hard life. I think I may have gotten over my phobia of sand and beach walks though. There was this part of the beach that in the morning was shallow enough to walk out a few hundred feet, at which point the sand surfaced again, and you felt like you were standing in the middle of the ocean. It was beautiful! Anna and I had about 7 massages while in Bangkok/Koh Samui - and I think it cost us a total of $40.
There was also amazing seafood. You would go to a restaurant and pick out the exact pieces of seafood you wanted, then they would prepare it however you want. Yummmm. And one night Anna and I splurged and went to a seafood buffet on the beach. Amazingggg. It was interesting though, there was a row of tables, each of which only had one 30-50 year old white guy sitting at it. And we realized they were all waiting for their Thai escorts. It was quite sad really. One was taking photos of himself. Another tried to hit on Anna when I'd gone to the restroom. What a weird culture. Note to all for later on in life: If your husband wants to go to Thailand, without you, do not let him.
The night life was pretty crazy. I may glaze over some of the details and stop calling myself out, as the last e-mail from my mom ended in "I'm less and less impressed with your blog." But anyways, suffice it to say, Jackie Dickey would still be very proud.
Our hotel, the Ark bar was a pretty good pregaming bar in itself. Then there was this place called the Green Mango, which was an outdoor club with extremely loud music. The first night, we ended up there too early with a couple of these guys we met (we go halfway across the world and end up hanging out with Harvard lacrosse players who are far too similar to Duke boys) but still had fun. Some amusing pictures will at some point be posted.
The next night, we were pregaming at the Ark Bar, when these two guys came and talked to us. They were both from middle of nowhere Georgia and were on break from the army - about to go back to Afghanistan in a week. Obviously not my type, but we were nice for a while anyways. Big mistake. About an hour later, we tried to nicely leave them. That didnt work. So then we make up a story about how I have to go call my mom and we'll meet them at the Green Mango. That also didnt work. Five minutes later, they were at our door. And as I am fake talking to my mom, Anna is explaining we're in a fight about me overspending on the trip or some crap. One of the guy's, jeremy, wants to get on the phone to my mom and explain everything is ok, we're going to go out with men that are serving our country (I dont think she would be as impressed as he thought). Eww. Then when that doesnt work, he explains to anna he thought he and I had a connection. We did not. Finally they leave. And we think that's the end of that. Howeverrrrr, the next morning, he's at my door asking what happened to us (Anna was running,and I was defenseless). I say I got in a fight with my mom and we didnt go out, and then asked him how his night was. He responds with (and I in no way mean to be mean or making fun with the following part of the story... but wtf)"Well, actually I got attacked by a prositute. A Thai girl asked me if I wanted a motorcycle ride home, and I thought that was so sweet. So I got on and when we got here, and she says '2000 baht boom boom' and I said no. So she attacked me. But I won." Do you ever expect to hear a story such as that in response to a "How was your night?" Then he asked us out again. Moral of the story: Don't be nice to army boys, or they will think you are going to get married, and will latch onto you. And maybe even get in fights with hookers.
Two of the nights, we somehow ran into British "boy" from the last post (and the last island we were on for that matter) and his friend. Keep in mind they were meant to be back in England, so it was a bit of a surprise. Apparently they got over their fight though in case you were wondering. I also got a picture of him, but not sure I will ever post it, because his age was much more apparent the second time I met him! The last night there,not too much happened, except Anna met some 40 year old Australian body builders. They looked like they were off that show American Gladiator, and were pretty disgusting!
We left Koh Samui on Saturday. Which was really hard - the airport was absolutely amazing. It was just a series of beautiful huts, with free internet and pizza pies! We took probably as many photos of the airport as the beach.
Singapore was pretty cool. Anna and I commited two crimes within the first night. The first, within about ten minutes of landing - chewing gum (and importing it for that matter!) I had to do a discrete pass of the piece of gum to Anna and then we had to chew it without anyone noticing. We felt like we were trafficing drugs or something. Then I took a Diet Pepsi (they didnt have DC - ahh) with me to the MRT (subway) and saw a sign that there was a $500 fine for eating or drinking! But I couldnt find a trast anywhere. It was stressful.
My dad e-mailed me before we got here and said "sorry, but alcohol is expensive." I thought he meant in comparison to the amazing prices in Thailand. Nope. Compared to the U.S. One eighth (like half a fifth) cost $30 singaporean dollars - 20 US!!! Absolutely ridiculous. So the nightlife has been a bit calmer.
Singapore is a cool city, but they are a bit high strung with expensive alcohol, no gum chewing, no eating in public, and many other things. Sunday, Anna and I went to Little India for the MOST amazing indian ever. And then to Chinatown to walk around (but after 2 weeks in China, it wasnt too impressive). That night, we met up with two guys from the hostel. One guy was from England, Dave, and he was cool (and don't worry, much younger than the last Brit). The other guy was from Amsterdam... and quite weird, with tight red pants, and an odd sense of humor. We went to the Singapore Flyer, which is like a bigger version of the London eye. Then out to eat.
Anna left me yesterday morning:( and went back to China to visit with her uncle. So yesterday and today Dave and I went walking around, did some shopping, and had another indian. Today, we went to the Tiger Brewery and had a tour as well as some beer tasting. We illegally took some photos of the plant so watch out for those too! We went on the tour with like 20 Mongolians, who afterwards, during the beer tasting, had to take about 50 photos of us. So I took a couple too!
And that basically sums up my trip. Except for the airport(s). So if anything exciting happens in my four airport trip, I will update again. If not, stay tuned for Central America - Janan and I leave July 16. Thanks for reading, even though I'm a crap writer! Hopefully I'll get to talk to all of you when I get back!
