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Published: December 12th 2012
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Im not sure what day it is but when I last wrote we were going off to find a pool... which we did, we had a nice day relaxing by the pool and saved a bit of money, the market here is only a weekend market which was annoying as I wanted to buy something and it had closed for the week so we just got some food in the evening and headed out to a few bars for the evening. Ended up in such a cool reggae place (not the rooftop bar) where there was a massive band playing loads of different instruments and everyone was loving it. Ended up staying there pretty late which we didnt plan to but it was so fun.
Woke up in the morning and were planning to go to Tiger Kingdom but both felt tired and I didnt want to go there feeling tired or hungover so we decided to leave it for yesterday. Headed back to the pool place and we hired a moped from our hostel for two days to make life a bit easier. Took a drive to a local supserstore as I wanted to try and get a new
bikini but I gave up because the people working in the shops just hassled me way too much and I couldnt even pick up something without somebody rushing over to show me the price tag or pick up a different one and I was too tired for that. I bought a cheap phone though so that you can all call me on my birthday and sing to me!! :p haha!
Anyway off to see some Tigers now :D eeeeek!!!
... We went to Tiger Kingdom :D it was so amazing!
Just as we were about to leave ours, Josh (the australian guy from the Halong bay cruise) turned up at our door! So random! So him and another guy he met yesterday, Sean and I went on mopeds to Tiger Kingdom which was about a 35minute ride. We got there and had to pay about 20 quid to be able to go in with three different sized Tigers. Or you could just go in with one size. I only really wanted to go in with the tiniest ones because I knew I would feel nervous with the big ones, however I was persuaded to go in with
the biggest, medium and smallest!
First we went in with the medium sized tigers, I was very sceptacle about going here at all as I had heard a lot of people saying on forums that they were drugged and bla bla bla. But the Tiger we went in with here definitely wasnt! It was splashing around in the water and climbing over logs and so, so playful that it was hard to get a good picture but there were a few that were a bit calmer, just sunbathing in the sun which we got some nice pictures with...
Then it was time for the MASSIVE tigers!!! I was feeling so nervous, since my encounters with the monkeys I have been really warey about every animal out here and here I was, about to step into an area with two HUGE tigers in it!!!
It was fine though, one of them was making a few scary noises and I was a bit worried about going near it. However the Thai men said it was fine and that I should go ahead and go right next to it! I didnt really enjoy that cage as I was just too
nervous but we were only in there for about 15minutes and then it was time to get in with the tinyyyy baby tigers :D The part I had been looking forward to all day!! There was a baby who was 6 months old and another baby who was 2 months old! So unbelievable sweet! I just wanted to kiss it on its nose but you werent allowed to go near any of their faces or front paws as it 'makes them angry' :S scary!
So that was our TIger Kingdom experience 😊 Definitely worth going to, and from what we saw and experienced I definitely dont think the Tigers were drugged!
We then drove back home, got some lunch in a place we ate at the other night and then headed to the place with a pool for an hour or two. Tonight we are meeting back up with Josh and going to The Night Bazaar which is meant to be a massive night market and then going to have a pretty chilled one in our hostels garden I think... we shall see where the night takes us though!
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Stephen
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You are in the land of Bluebellies, rasbellies and stlawbellies - make sure you ask for them!! got the phone number - will speak soon. Sx