WE'RE STILL ALIVE
Trip Start
Jan 22, 2008
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Trip End
Mar 21, 2008
Chiang Mai,
Thailand
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
OKAY so we head to Koh Phangang for the full moon party on the 22nd (feb) to find out it's been fucking cancelled and moved to the 24th (which is convieniently when our flight departs...bastards)...Not only that, but it was moved because there was an election on so there was a bloody liquor ban!!! We bought some booze anyway. We met up with my friend Bobby-Joe from highschool and her bf Mark and decided there was still reason to get bombed. This started @ their bungalow on the beach over a good old game of sociables. As we're playing sociables, they're very drunken Brittish neighbour comes up falling over (it is now 9:00). His name is Darryl. He talks like the old creepy man on family guy but with a Brittish accent. Me and Cammy think Darryl is mentally handicapped. he is not. So Cammy proceeds to pretend she's a crack head, on crack, that sells crack and is trying to sell it to Darryl. Darryl is scared so he drunkely stumbles next door to his bungalow and attempts to unlock his door. His key was tied into his pants and he can't open his door and the next thing we know we look over and he's wearing absolutely NO pants (this includes underwear) and is like trying to break down his door.
Anywho we ended up going into the town and getting wasted, buying neon body paint and drawing penises and flowers and stars all over each other because we're really mature, and then some irish people asked if we could paint them and we charged them 100 baht (like, 5 bucks) and they ACTUALLY PAID US! It was hilarious.
Anyway after alot of drunken running around the beach and such, we retire back to their bungalow to discover sometone sleeping in their hammock on their deck. Sure enough - It's Darryl. Fucking Darryl. So after a long argument with Darryl he finally goes and sits on his own deck, yelling at us and telling us how he somehow locked himself out of his cabin...Which with the way the locks are designed is impossible...but he DID somehow manage to do this. Anyway another hour later we hear all kinds of banging coming frm Darryl's bungalow, a scream, and then silence. Then we hear Darryl, all by himself in his bungalow say: Is anyone watching me?? Is someone watching?? Then more banging and then silence. There was noone watching him, and he had no idea we could hear him. This guy is sooooo fucked. He did although tell us he hasn't done drugs since November 31st.....Yeah...Think about that one. Anyway, the next morning we see him in town walking around with a beer. Oh Darryl.
Anyway
We then had a long day of travelling (a ferry, a bus, and a 15 hour overnight train), but we are now safely in Chaing Mai. We really like it here...Yesterday we went to the Night Market (they are famous for it here) and each bought some 'brand name' hand bags. Mine is really nice, it's Mui Mui and big and blackish/purple depending on the light and AWESOME. Aside from that we mainly ate alll day. PS I HAVE LOST 2 POUNDS I HAVE NO IDEA HOW BUT I HAVE AND IM VERY VERY EXCITED WOOHOO.
Today we took a Thai cooking class, which was more than worth what we paid for it. It was 800 baht (like $25), and we learned to cook 6 dishes: Pad Thai, Tom Yum Soup, Spring Rolls, Mango with Sticky Rice (it's like a dessert and it's effing good), Cashew nut chicken, and Stir Fried Chicken with veggies and basil. We not only made all this, but ate full portions of each thing. That's 6 meals between 9AM-2PM. I'm sooo full right now I might potentially explode/die. And it all tastes SOOOOOOO good and Thai cooking is fast, it takes about 5 minutes a dish to make aside from prep. It's absolucltly amazing I had no idea I could cook anything like that but I'm only ever eating asian food from now on. When I get home I WILL make everyone SPRING ROLLS!!! WOOO. Cause I can. We also got a recipe book that doens't make sense cause the auther's version of English is bad but I'll try it out anyways!
Tonight we're guna pretty much chill, eat a bit. Be lazy. I can't move because I probably gained 10 pounds from my 6 meals today...Actually with breakfast it's been 7 meals and it's 2:30. sick hahha. Tomorrow we're going on a trek which is the main reason people come to Chaing Mai. We'll be going to ride on elephants backs (COOooool), go rafting, trekking up mountains (yeah that should be a joke with me and Cammy), go kayaking...I am soo excited!
Anyway that's what we've been up to so as you can see, that is why I haven't been able to write much!! Hope life at home is this sweet ;) (haha)
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