We're heeeere!
I guess we should start from the beginning...The flight was long and exhausting (for Zack specifically...) but a can of 'Mountain Dew' in Muscat made it slightly bearable. Muscat was HOT HOT HOT, after being outside for about 2 minutes to queue for the bus we had lost 90% of our bodily fluids. The films on the other hand were BRILLIANT!!! We watched a large selection of them but Zack chose the longest films possible meaning that half way through he drifted in and out of sleep (where the person nods their head constantly then wakes up startled). Unfortunately they didn't have get me to the Greek tessa!!! But I watched Ondine (which by the way mum you will LOVE). ZAck- Despite our fears Dad I was able to secure a third watching of The Green Zone! Once we got off the flight, Elodie feared an American style interrogation but was pleasantly suprised by the slightly plump thai woman who barely looked at our passport and let us through without problems...or a smile for that matter. We got a taxi to Khao San Road trying to keep our eyes off the speedometer which was clocking on average a tiny 130 mph with traffic dodging! Both of us were overwhelmed and tired and trying to dodge motorbikes was very difficult, especially with our HUGE bags. Got to a nice safe hostel called 'My House Guesthouse' just off Khao San Road. Almost got straight to sleep, however i got rudely awakened by Zack rustling through my bag in the pitch black looking for ear plugs!!! The insects were very loud as was the much needed air conditioning. Fell into such such a deep sleep that waking up was greeted with Elodie saying 'I think it's quite late'. After, working out the time difference, we discovered it was in fact 12.30!!! So we had a cold (refreshing) shower and then went to explore. As it was already lu8nch we had some noodles in our HOstel cafe but Zack didn't eat his. I was so worried i thought 'Oh no...i'm going to be travelling on my own today'. Zack later revealed that he felt like he had done in France. Fortunatly, after about 2 litres of water he perked up and we set out. We looked at the stalls on Khao San and then decided we had better do something cultural. A nice American boy suggested that we take a boat trip down the river to look at the temples (including The Grand Palace). We knew they would be closed as we were too late but the coolness of the river and the amazing sights made it worth it. We spent the rest of the late afternoon comparing tour prices and getting our Visa for Vietnam which was suprisingly quick and easy. We eventually settled for a 2 day tour in Kanchanaburi which starts at 6am tomorrow! This includes The death Railway, museum, The Erawan waterfall which is the biggest in Thailand, and elephants! Also the Tiger Temple which Adam, Kitty and Anna will be pleased to know.We leave tomorrow and we are sleeping on a floating hostel which doesn't have internet (we're guessing) so we wont be able to blog tomorrow but we will the next day. (Adeline i can maybe text you). Then we will be picking up our Visa, spending the morning visiting the temples that we saw today and going to the FLoating Market. After that we're off to Chiang Mai to ride the elephants!!!
This evening we have purchased some clothes (lots of designer spin offs!) Adelne and Margaux I got red Ray bans and a lacoste top! Claire we bought the best top for you EVER! And the funniest for Charles! Zack gt a flashy watch too. Going to watch the football with a Tiger beer later and then off to bed.
Dad (Nick) thank you so much for the card (that was sneaky). We laughed. Claire yours was HILARIOUS! and thank you so much Tessa yours were lovely :) and ma, pa and marg :D i love my sweetes and book and photos.
We miss you all very much, can't stop wanting to buy stuff for you all!Look forward to hearing from you all, thank yu for your comments.
Love and kisses Zack and Elodie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
