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Leaving Chiang Mai

Saturday, February 14th, 2004

Jim and I realized last night that we need to make our plans for getting out of here. The night train to Bangkok for tonight was full so we got one for tomorrow. Then we got a flight to Krabi, which is in the south of Thailand amongst beach heaven. We’ll be in beaches for a while and no more of this “roughing it” crap. We booked it all through the guesthouse, which is common here. They obviously charge a commission but it is small enough and worth avoiding the hassle. All guesthouses are like travel agencies.

We ate some leftovers from yesterday for breakfast and I feel weird again, like a little dizzy. I don’t know if it is from the food, DEET fumes, maybe not enough protein or something, who knows. I bought vitamins the other day. But since we don’t eat chicken, I haven’t been eating much other meat either. Hm..

Saw that another person died of bird flu. Seriously, there are chickens and roosters everywhere here. If these people are serious about the disease they would take some action and get rid of those damn birds. Jim said we should walk around with blowtorches and take care of them.

Ok, gotta go. Sunday market is today.

Thai Cooking Class!

Saturday, February 14th, 2004

Today Jim and I partook in a cooking class through our guesthouse. (All the guesthouses around here organize cooking and trekking). Us and an Australian girl were first driven to a market where our teacher showed us a few things and we even tasted some things, like jackfruit and awesome fried bananas and sticky rice with banana and sweet potato.
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Trekking in Chiang Mai

Saturday, February 14th, 2004
In the past two days, Jim and I did what everyone does in Chiang Mai-- go on a trek and take Thai cooking classes. I decided to break this into 2 posts since they will be long. So. The ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chiang Mai

Wednesday, February 11th, 2004
Oh man, we found an internet cafe where the pages don't take a minute to load. This is a FIRST. I am so mad I don't have Jim's CD here with the new pics. Before I forget--Lipton makes a ... [Continue reading this entry]

6 Fingered Massage

Tuesday, February 10th, 2004
Ok. Today we took our first tuk-tuk (motorized short of bike transportation) to Wat Pho. (In case you forgot, a wat is a Buddhist temple). It was really cool looking. The wats are about the only redeeming quality of Bangkok. [Continue reading this entry]

Ayuthaya

Monday, February 9th, 2004
Well, another day in Bangkok. There are't many redeeming qualities about this city, so far.... it is extremely polluted, smells really bad, are tons of mosquitoes, can be really hot and humid, and it is dirty. The good ... [Continue reading this entry]

Bangkok & Khoa San Rd

Sunday, February 8th, 2004
Yesterday we just walked around the street we are staying on, Khoa San. It is OVERRUN with tourists. It's crazy. There are at least four 7-11s on the short little street. But in a way it ... [Continue reading this entry]

Where am I?!

Saturday, February 7th, 2004
Last night Jim went to the Body Works exhibit and I stayed at the hostel to read up on Bangkok, since I haven't read a page of the guidebook yet and it was freaking me out. After he left ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Zoo & more

Friday, February 6th, 2004
Today we went to the Singapore Zoo, and it was awesome. I liked it better than the Bronx Zoo. It was smaller, but the animals were RIGHT there, peacocks and roosters walking on the sidewalks...monkeys jumping around so ... [Continue reading this entry]

Needles Through Flesh: Singapore Thaipusam

Wednesday, February 4th, 2004
Don't worry, I'll get to the needle part... To continue what I was writing in the last post-- we had a local fruits night, where we tried jackfruit, pomelo, mangosteen and the famous durian. I thought it was so awesome to ... [Continue reading this entry]