It's surprising how many things I need for my trip. I always like to be ultra prepared, and went the route of trying to do everything by the book.. ie. quick-dry clothes, travel doctor, learning a few words, getting in better shape, pre-arranged hotels, etc... I've even tried to desensitize myself to spiders but hopefully I won't see any b/c it's slow going! I'm a little freaked out though, I did some investigative internet searching... and found two reports by two different people about the hotels on the tour. The first one sounded ok except there was no hot water and she was sick AND the second one was from the small non-touristy island, Koh Yao Noi, a bungalow was described as "no frills, basic, bug net and you can hear stuff lurking in the dark"
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