orangecrush6

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 8:09pm Hola, bonjour, hey everyone! Finally settling in to life here in vancouver. Things are so different! Kilometers, celsius, loonies, and toonies are some new things that I'm learning about. And yes, people say "eh" a ton. I already say "for sure" but mine is more valley girl ... read more

1/4 Had a long travel day. It was 4 hours to the border, the switched mini buses, and then another 4 hours into thailand. Just took some motion sickness pills and xanax to sleep the whole way. We are now in Nakhon Si Thammarat...it's really just a local town. They don't get many westerners out here. Went to the shadow puppet show and bought a Ganesh puppet. It was actually pretty interesting. All the puppets are made out of raw hide. Someone actually is playing live music in the background...everything is done by hand. Had some delicious street vendor food. Yummy real pad thai. We only stayed here for 1 night. There really is not much to do here...it was just a stopover. 1/5 Woke up early to grab breakfast with our guide (I wanted to ... read more

12/31 New Year's Eve homestay style.....but before that, I need to recap what happened earlier in the day. Woke up early (we're early risers!) and we braved the train again to zip through KLCC 1 last time. We needed to buy a "surprise NYE present" for a gift exchange since we will not be woohoo'ing it up in a bar, there really is no where to go and we can't drink at the homestay. The gift had to be 10 ringitt or less. I got crafty and picked things that I thought would be useful whilst traveling. Thanks to Watson's I bought....a face mask (5R), wet wipes 1.50R, tissue .30R, and mentos 2 for 2.60R. I also loaded up on some supplies for myself...I heart Watson's and Boots! Took 1 last stroll in chinatown for some ... read more

12/28 Woke up at 5:45am to the sounds of the mosque through my earplugs. Ate my free breakfast (still can't get used to the "sausages" that are really hotdogs)" and we're now en route to the Malaysia/Singapore border. Just went through customs...it doesn't seem like they really care who comes through their borders. There really wasn't much security there. Now it's time to sit on a bus for the next 4 hours weeeee! It seems like it takes forever to get anywhere because we have to stop at every toll both on the freeway...they should have fastpasses here! Just doing some sightseeing from the bus windows....there are a ton of palm trees in Malaysia. 1st casualty of the trip...I just lost my book. I forgot it on the bus. I really didn't like it much anyway- ... read more

12/18 Woke this morning and took a no choice cold shower. We left Khao Sok and are now in Ao Nang Beach/Krabi. Spent the afternoon just walking around and hit the beach for a bit. I finally got around to calling the airline to change my flight...the earliest I can come home is jan 14...that gives me 3 nights at the end of the trip to figure something out. Thinking of maybe going to cambodia or chiang mai...not sure but would want to do some type of tour group and not be by myself. Right now I'm at the homestay. It's not too bad...pretty basic, clean, and the food was REALLY GOOD! We took a walk down to the family's catfish farm and watched them do a rubber tree tapping. I tried it and I sucked....guess ... read more