I’ll be Thai’d up for the next few weeks!
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006So i’m sorry to announce that my journey’s in Malaysia have come to and end and I have to move on to Thailand. Just picture me stomping my feet and screaming, “but i don’t wanna go to thailand!” Then picture the immigration officer saying, “you’re going to thailand and you’re going to like it.” Then i’ll say “what about my asthma?” Then he’ll say, “i’ll give you asthma.”
Sorry, you would have had to see caddyshack to know what any of that meant. I’ve heard so much from fellow travelers about Thailand. I’ve heard the good, the bad and the ugly. The good is amazing beaches, food, and people. The bad is in your face people trying to get you to buy this, and do that. The ugly is not knowing wether or not the girl you see walking around all dressed up is even a girl. For those of you who don’t know there are a large percentage of what most people refer to as “Lady Boys” roaming around Thailand. Most of them are prostitutes or strippers but it is meant to be impossible to tell wether they are male or female. I would like to ask some of you that if you would like to comment on this and it is not appropriate please e-mail it to me directly, we do have little kids and mothers reading these blogs.
So as you can imagine i’ll be certainly looking for the good when heading into Thailand. I know i’ll taste plenty of the bad but hopefully i won’t have to deal with the ugly at all.
My first stop is Ko Phi Phi, pronounced Ko-pee-pee. If any of you have seen the movie “The Beach,” with Leonardo Dicaprio, it is relatively in the same area. I’m hoping to get a look at the exact spot where they filmed it but you need to hire a boat as it is off the main island.
Some of you have been asking for photos so you can go to my photo page and check them out. I posted about 11 new photos, so enjoy.
You can also check out where i am and where i’ve been on my map:
http://www.getjealous.com/travel-blog/bgagnonius/map
Bye for now!
Gagnonius