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dec 19 2009- ao nang thailand we woke up and needed to find new accomadation today, as our birthday accomadation was
to expense of on our budget, so we paked our bags up again and headed down the street where we saw another backpacker
and we asked him where there was affordable accomadation he showed us where he was staying and the deal was great it
was 800 baht for one night and it had 3 beds so it was perfect for us girls. after finding the accomadation it was
another beach day and a day to plan a activity. after the sun was going down we headed back to mee mee's guesthouse,
we ended up going out in the evening as the girls wanted to get a bamboo tattoo and they where searching out a location
i was getting tired of looking around and seeing all the vendors i headed back to the guesthouse and awaited the girls to
come back, they actually came back with a tattoo amy had got one on her hip a compass and josie got a music note on her heel
they where both so pumped with energy when they got back that they wanted me to get some thing done also i was not wanting to
get a tattoo so i wanted to get my belly button re-pierced, we walked down the street to find the nearest piercer
and it was 12:00am and no where was open, there was a tuk tuk driver on the side of the road and he said he would find us
one open and if not we would not have to pay for the ride. we got in our first tuk tuk ride it was a motorcycle that had
a little attached carriage on it and we piled in, it felt you like where on a carnival ride as when it turned corners
it did a complete 90 degree turn , this tuk tuk also had lights underneath that lit up as he drove it was so pimp lol.
when we did find the piercer i was laughing so hard because it was right next door to our accomadation and we had
be driving around all this time and it was right there, we paid the driver and in we went i was nervous my heart
was pumping i had it done before so i am not sure why, i got the piercing done and i didnt feel anything it was
great after that we where off to bed.
dec 20-2009 woke up today for our thai cooking class we got picked up at the accomadtion and drove out into the
ao nang mountains where the cooking school was held, it was like house tucked up in the hills. we got to pick
5 dishes to make we choose to make pad thai, spring rolls, chicken and cashew nuts, too kang soup, and green curry,
they where all excellent dishes and we got to prep, cook, and eat all the dishes, we where the only 3 girls in the
class so it felt more personal rather then a bunch of tourist learning. thai cooking is really good it has alot of
vegatables and they love there rice but they do use alot of oil for cooking! after out day of cooking we where haeded
out to another island the island of 'railay ' we got to take a long tail boat there which was alot of fun, and
the island was only a 15 minute away. we got off the long boat and we had to find our new accomadation , at the beach
front of railay was lots of long boats on the shore and lots of restuarants on the beach front, but literrally right
behind that was the most disturbing scenery it was like a garbage dumb with random toilets sitting on the grass,
tin huts and garbage every where, we followed a sand path up the mountain side to find our accomadtion, the electrical
lines where hanging so low that you had to duck under them for you wouldnt get fried, we found our accomadtion in
a cute bunglow where we had to use a mosquito net to cover our bed as the bunglow was lifted off the ground but the
planks for the floor still had little holes and which any critter could come through. the bunglow actually looked
like a bamboo hut and there where numberous of them spread out over the hill. after getting settled we headed to the beach
and relaxed, the island of railay is very secluded and full of nature, there are alot of rock climbers here as the mountain
walls are every where to be seen. we watched the sun go down on the beach again and i saw this guy sitting on the beach
who had a hat on that was made of palm tree leaves it looked really funky, he had a bunch of leaves beside him i asked
him what he was doing and he told me makes hats out of leaves and that he learned how to do it in hawaii, he asked
if i wanted to make one so i sat down on the beach and started my first palm tree leave hat, to make the hat it was like
sewing over one leave under another, the bottom of hat looked good but i could not sew the leaves for the top so i gave
up and it looked more like a fruit dish. lol. i was the first to sit down to learn but as the time went on well i sat
there , there was probably a group of 5 of us sitting around chatting and learning this craft, it was a great way to
wrap up a evening.
dec 21-2009 woke up this morning under my mosquito net and chuckling a bit, as all last night it felt like i was camping
as i heard all the critter noises not sure what kind of critters and not sure i wanna find out lol. today we decided to
see the other beach so we started to hike and hike up a mountain we did do, we climbed up and down the hills for about 20
minutes and then we saw some huts in the trees and it was like a little village out there full of hippies and dread
lock girl and boys and pictures of bob marley everywhere! we got to the beach and we rented a kayak and just went out
into the adaman see and kayak around and under the cliffs we saw a few jelly fish on the way they seem to be every where
and more black crabs on the rocks. after our day of kayaking we had to hike back up the mountain to the other side back
to our accomadtion we where not wearing good foot wear and where in our flip flops so going down these steep cliffs
was not fun, josie actually did loose her feet balance and took a run down the hill i for sure thought she was injuered
but she was not, when we got back to our bunglow it was actually quiet winding and i felt cold for the first time on this
trip so i decided to get a coffee, i went up the hill where it looked like a tree fort but was actually a coffee hut
and i ordered a latte which took the guy 30minutes to make he actually grounded the beans and did like 20 steps to make
one cup of coffee his pots looked they where from the 1900 and some thing you would see in the antique store and i got
to say it was the best cup of coffee i have ever had!
dec 22-2009 today we are to pack up again and head to koh samui we purchased our ticket and we where off. our first mode
of transporate was long tail boat from railay to krabi , the long boat ride was about 30minutes and i felt like
our little wooden boat was going to break for sure, after getting off the long boat at krabi pier we had to take a
ghetto looking school bus to next bus location this bus did not have air con and the seats all faced eachother, it was
like a school bus you would find in a dump somewhere and to play in as a fort as a kid i am not sure how it still worked
after our ghetto school bus ride we had to wait 2hours for our coach bus to ko samui pier, the bus finally came and we
got on it was actually a double decker , we got on top of the bus and the bus only made it 5 minutees where it had to
stop as the air con did not work and every one was sweating bullets it was worse then a sauna, it took the giu about 45 min
to fix as we all stood outside in a cattle field waiting for this bus to get fixed. after the bus finally got fixed we
had a 6 hour journey to our next location, where we had to get in a back of a pick up trip with 8 people
lined on the side of the truck with all our luggage in the middle and he drove us to the night ferry, we got there
safely thank god, i was thinking o my how much more funky transport are we going to have to take to get to koh samui,
we got to the pier and we all piled off the back of this pick up truck and we herd a hello girls and it was jan a girl
we meet in koh phi phi and shared a room with she was off to koh tao with some other friends, it was just funny to
run into her again and make chat again. after another far well with jan we boarded onto the night ferry we
got in from the bottom of the boat where it filled with food mail packages and random junk, they told us to go upstairs
when i got up stairs there was a bunch of numbers along each side of the wall from 1 to 100 and tiny mattress side by
side all the way up and only a walk way in between them, i was like o no. my ticket had a number on it for my mattress
and us girls laughed so hard, so people on the ferry where already sleeping where some had there music loud and where
drinking on there little bed. i didnt want to sleep on the mattress as it looked so gross so i got on a towel and laid there
with my clothes on , we where on that boat all night and didnt get to koh samui tell 6:30am when the ferry did dock
i woke up to a bunch of thai people screaming at you for transport into the town and off in another tuk tuk i went
to chaweng beach, at this point i was not in any mood to find accomadation but really wanted to have a shower and
get into a good bed , the tuk driver dropped us off at the beach and there was mc donalds there i was in need for a coffee
i got my coffee and had a good laugh as it was open 24hours and there was a tourist passed out on the bench, and i am
sure he had been there all night! we got our accomadation and again all 3 of us girls are in one bed, but it is alot better
then that night ferry !
dec 23-2009 had the worst sleep as next door the room was having a party all night and they had a thai prostiute there
and they where doing you know what , you could here them through the walls and then at about 6 in the morning you could
hear this fight break out and about the cost of this prostiute i swear the walls where paper thin and i didnt get any
sleep so i was so tired all day that i slept tell the afternoon and then went out onto the beach, the beach at koh samui
is full of body builder men that obviously do steriods and lots of loud music on the beach all day, the music in thailand
seems to be all techno dance house music and you never hear anything different.
dec 24-2009 today was christmas even in ko samui and there was the odd christmas tree here and there, today i did some
shopping for the girls for we could do a mini gift exchange in the morning and at night we went out to the beach at
chawang beach as they where having a free christmas dinner, it was really good and i am starting to like curry and
cocunt milk alot and these wax beans lol! in the evening there was alot of fire works going off along the beach and
people lighting wish lamps off into the atmosphere
dec 25-2009 woke up this morning it was christmas day we exchanged gifts. gifts that where still in the plastic bags we
purchased them in ! i recieved a tiffany key from josie and a l.v scarf, seaweed chips, and a lolli-pop from amy, they
where awomse gifts i really appreciated the mini exchange. i got the girls a hot yoga class and a visit with dr. fish.
the first thing on xmas day we decided to go in a xtreme ball it is a ball you go into and they roll you done this ramp
the ball is full of water and you bounce around, it is super scary as you get into the ball and they make you seal your
self in with this velcro! i was like o know it better not open on well i am tumbelling down the ramp! after the xtreme
ball we went back into town and went to hot yoga class, the class was really good and you sweat so much my body was
actually dripping wet by the time i finished, after the yoga we went to dr fish to relax it is where you put your feet
in the water and the fish eat all the dead skin off your feet and legs, it was fun it felt like little vibrations on
your legs , it was a good way to relax after the intensine yoga.
