Arrival into Thailand
Trip Start
Jan 03, 2008
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Trip End
May 30, 2008
Hat Yai,
Thailand
Sunday, January 27, 2008
So we have safely arrived into Thailand. We left the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia last night and took an overnight bus, which by the way is the most comfortable bus i have ever been on, and arrived early this morning. The Cameron Highlands was amazing and leaving it was pretty damn hard. We spend our days jungle treking into the wild, diving into waterfalls, and getting lost in the tea plantations. We climbed the second tallest mountain in the highlands, 6,000 feet high up into the mountains and dove into the cold freezing waterfalls afterwards in our bras and undies. Indian food and papaya filled our stomachs as we spend most of our afternoons sitting and conversing with the locals.
On our last day in Malaysia, we took part in the Thaipusum festivals of the Hindu religion. We got up at 5:00 in the morning and climbed into the mountains to pray with the locals inside tje ancient Batu caves filled with Hindu shrines. As we sat and watched the sun rise, people caring statues, places, bowls, walked pass to make sacrafices to the gods. This is also where I got my red bracelet for the upcoming new year from a man in a trance sitting on top of hundreds of tiny needles.
Will post pictures soon.
That is all for now.
Take care! and I miss you all very much.
Love,
Alice
