while playing tourist on sentosa island just off the coast of singapore, we visited the fish reflexology spa that kirstin and thea recommended… for $35 you get the pleasure of dipping your feet into a tank of hungry little fishes ready to nibble away the dead skin from your feet! it definitely took some getting used to (check out jess’s screams!) but we got the hang of it. by the end, we were disappointed when the fish left our feet in search of “fresh meat” (fresh feet? hehe) when another girl came along.
every year from april 13th through april 15th in thailand, chaos breaks loose on the streets. you may think everyone’s gone mad, but really it’s a celebration of the thai new year, also known as songkran. we were lucky enough to be in bangkok for this crazy water festival this year.
ok i think i get the prize now for the weirdest eating experience... grasshoppers, tarantulas - piece of cake. how about a little snake blood?!?! do i win??
(check out the end of the blog for the video evidence!)
to celebrate our ... [Continue reading this entry]
here's a video of what it's like to ride in a tuk-tuk (very bumpy!)
and join us for a stroll through the chiang mai sunday night street market - jess ... [Continue reading this entry]
Tonight was a lovely evening. Malia and I treated ourselves for trip
to the beauty salon downstairs of Aung's apartment. We were a bit
skeptical coming in & weren't entirely sure what we'd get for a
whopping 150 bht (about $6 U.S.). ... [Continue reading this entry]
here in thailand one thing that is very dear to peoples' hearts is the king and the royal family. you do not make jokes about the king, and it is even illegal to step on money (although i doubt it's ... [Continue reading this entry]
ok so as you guys can probably guess from all the pictures, we've been doing a lot of eating on this trip. don't worry, we're also doing a LOT of walking. we've even made a pact to take stairs instead ... [Continue reading this entry]
last night we went out to the temple street night market on kowloon. we had a fun time wandering the streets, getting our palms and faces read, watching chinese ... [Continue reading this entry]
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