so we arrived in thailand. we started off in phuket. after a series of problems we went through with the airlines
we had finally arrived. as soon as we got there we met a couple from edmonton and shared a cab to find a hostel.
we ended up stayign at this hostel a canadian guy owned and gave us a discount for being from canada and was
very helpful.
we ended up staying in patong beach. it was a bit too busy for my liking though so after a day of being lazy on
the beach we rented a motor bike and went up to karon beach, rawai pier, and the kathu waterfall. the waterfall
was like a stair master it seemed like they went forever and when you got to the top it wasnt even a nice view.
it was
better to just look up from the bottom. we also continued snorkeling which wasnt as good as bali for the coral
but the fish were cool and there were crabs everywhere and stace saw some jellyfish. amy arrived shortly after
we arrived and came bike riding with us. it drove me nuts
she just hoped on the bike and automatically knew what
she was doing and drove well on the left side of the road. then there is me, stacey got me to try and i almost
killed us literally. so she figured she should stick to driving. amy even got a dose of the celebrity life when
all the kids at the view
point wanted a pic with her and kept touching her hands and stuff cause she was white lol. i loved the street
food in phuket even though i
told myself i wouldnt eat any the banana pancakes were soooooo good with chocolate and the corn tasted so fresh.
i find fruit here to be really fresh as well and more tastey than any other place i've ever been.
once we finished touring
aroudn phuket we went to phi phi islands. which have those huge lime stones shooting out of the water and is
the place where many movies have been filmed like blue lagoon and the beach. the scenery is so nice you could just
sit out and look at it and be in awe by its beauty. in the island you arent allowed to drive anything but a
peddle bike. which makes it so nice and quite. its like this perfect beach town you can just got to the beach
during the day and lay, sail around then at night stroll around in the narrow alleyways and shop in the markets.
we did a tour of the whole island and went to many different beaches and snorkelled. we checked out where the
blue lagooon was filmed and the beach. the water was so blue and the limestones jetting out of the water were
magestic. the beauty of koh phi phi i will remember forever. when taking the ferry we met some guys from india
and a girl from denmark and shared a guest house with them to save money. we went out that night for some supper
and ate at this place where a guy singing there amazed us all with his beautiful voice. if he was selling cd\s
i would have bought one. he made every song he sang into his own. my favourite being use somebody by kings of
leon. we had a great meal with great company. while eating we ended up joining up with the table next to us.
everyone was from the czech republic. one guys name was borshak! how sad is that. it just amazes me how when your
backpacking you meet people for like two minutes then just end up hanging out with them. at home if i met somenoe
at the airport i wouldnt just share a cab with them, but here we would. just sitting at dinner listening to the
great music and looking around at so many happy faces from all around the world i was on the best natual high. the
booze really helped that high and took it to a whole new level though! my lord after like two drinks i was
hammered and we ended up leaving supper and going to a beach party where they had this ring of fire you could jump
through, a skipping rope on fire, and a limbo on fire. i didnt do either cause i was way too loaded. then they
painted everyones face in neon glow paint. we danced the night away with all our new friends and even met more
people there. around this time my memory fails me cause apparently i was so drunk i could barely talk. thank god
amy brown took care of me!! i still had the time of my life and luckily didnt wake up with a hangover. another
good thing about thailand is like bali the spa services are so cheap! i got a full body massage and facial for 10
bucks. then i got a full leg wax for 15. but when i went in there were two chicks working on me no curtain to
give me privacy and basically one chick took one leg and spread them apart and started ripping hair off both legs
at the same time. and not little strips. literally they spread the wax from my ankle to my knee and did one huge
rip everytime! it was insane. but loved the smooth feeling of the full leg wax i usually only do to the knee.
after koh phi phi we came to krabi. it sucked saying goodbye to our dutch friend jan but were hoping to meet up
with her for the full moon party. in krabi it rained on us so we didnt do anything during the day but in the
evening we went out for staceys bday. we got all dolled up and looked for a good party. its cool here cause there
are places right on the street that mix you drinks. so we got a couple of those and then went to go see the lady
boy show which was seriously a disgrace to drag queens everywhere. these guys dresses didnt even fit them and
some of their make up was horrible just like their lip singing. after that we went to this bar where you could
dance up on the bar and where the poles are. amy showed me the stuff she learned in vegas nothing too crazy tho
and then stacey and i got up and joined her. the bartenders there are so sexual i swear their all lesbians and
were getting a little too friendly so we ended up going to another bar with some people we met from italy. we all
were pretty loaded and when we were walking home people were actually laughing at us cause im pretty sure we were
swaying pretty badly on the walk home. looking back im sure it was quite funny.
