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Saturday, January 08, 2005

Its been awhile since i last posted but everytime i had to get online there was something important to do.

Since chiang mai, we headed to Pattaya by mini bus. As soon as we hit the ground (off the plane that is) we were attacked by these taxi drivers who wanted to take us straight to pattaya. We wanted to take the coach down by they were really pushy. Starting grabbing our suitcases and putting them into the car before we even had a chance to negoitate prices.

They took us to the taxi cab company and there we were unloaded onto a mini bus. When i say mini bus...really its crowded van filled with mosquitoes. I died while they ate me alive. Its about a 2hr drive from Bangkok to Pattaya...and we had a pit stop about 1/3 of the way there. At the time i didnt need to go...but 40mins before we were to reach our destination...i was dying. I wanted to pee so badly that i wanted to cry. I thought i was going to wet my pants! It was that bad...it was made worst cause the driver was driver so fast and it was really bumpy. I just wanted him to drop me off the side of the road...but it was a main highway and there was nowhere he could stop. I swear, i would have paid anything for him to stop!

Anyways, we arrived to pattaya and were shocked by the scenary. It is a hole i tell ya...and the hotel we were staying at was crap as! We wanted to change hotels but it would have been too much effort cause our hotel booking was prepaid. To go from the super nice hotel in chiang mai to this one was a huge shocking. I didnt even shower without thongs on, let alone touch the sheets and lie in the bed! Pure gross. The place is just seedy in general. Old white men with thai girls...and "go go" clubs round every corner.

Half our time was spent in the shopping centre. We watched a movie - The Polar express - cause they are way behind in movies and that was the only decent one showing. Then we went to Ripleys world of entertainment. It was a good day out. The next day we got bored and ended up hanging out at the Marriott hotel in pattaya. It is soo much nicer than our hotel. They're pool is beautiful. We pretended to be hotel patrons there for a bit.

The next 2 days was spent at the beach. It was ugly...but we worked on our tans and rode a banana boat! It was heaps fun...Boi..the driver was evil though. Everytime he saw us still on the boat..he'd twist it so that we all fell off. It was fun though.

The next day..Boi took us to Koh Larn where we visited Nual beach to do some snorkeling. It was fun cause there wasnt that much tourists. The sun there was really bad though. I was working up a sweat just trying to sun bake. So i'd take a dip now and then. But i got sick cause of it. Much like last year but the coughing is not as bad. Just a cold i think.

Back to Bkk we took another mini bus. This time with a group. We got picked up from the hotel and they put our bags on the roof. I felt really sorry for the guys that had to do it cause Thao and halynhs bags are both around 25-30kg each and they're huge! Just getting them up there is alot of work. Thanks for the smaller suitcase guys. Its come in handy!

On the way there i played it smart and made sure i didnt drink any water in case i had a repeat of the trip down.

Been spending the last 8 days in Bangkok. Done heaps of shopping...mainly for the girls...lucky u! =p To the point that i've bought more for everyone else than for myself. Didnt realise it til last night when i was packing...so to make up for it...i'm going to splurge in Hong Kong.

Ryan came in the last 3 days and its been a ball. Showing him all the sights...i feel like a tour guide! When Ryan arrived, we went to the Emerald Buddha temple and the Grand Palace followed by the Calypso show (lady boys). It was quite a spectacular. Better than the last one i saw i have to admit. They took off all their clothes for one stage...but it was only brief..and the used the lighting well so that it wasnt too seedy.

The night after..we went to a river dinner cruise. It was meant to be a seafood buffet..but we ended up having dishes. The scenary was nice..but the food itself was bland. Oh well..it was an experience.

Today is our last day in BKK. We've scheduled a massage for the next hour. We made Ryan go for the Thai massage and Will and i are going for the Oil Massage this time. I cant wait.

Were heading to HK 2nite so i hope theres much to see when we get there. I didnt want to waste today.

Anyways, this blog is long enough. Cant wait to see everyone and show them their goodies! Bye all.

posted by Minty @ 6:18:00 pm