Traveling

Thailand

So I actually made it to Bangkok for the 24th of Dec. My plane landed 1 hr before Chantal, Phil and Jess' so we took the shuttle to the hotel together.
Basically we spent one week in bangkok, lounging by the pool by day (or shopping at MBK) and hitting the market at night. We also went to the crazy!!!! weekend market- you come out of there totally sweating and needing a vacation on the islands... so we went to ko Samui.
Spent a week in a gorgeous resort right on the water- the first 3 days we could take 3 steps and be on the beach and the last 3 days we were in a huge villa that had an amazing view of the gulf.
Most of the days on Samui were spent by the pool- one day we went to a near by beach- craziness. Topless beach with hawkers trying to sell stuff to you every 2 seconds- no place to sit, dirty- needless to say we stayed on the resort the rest of the time!
Also spent one day on a boat- went snorkelling, which was interesting... I don't know how many of you know this but I am pretty scared of fish. i know I know, they are just fish but I am terrified of them. Well I decided to try this snorkelling thing anyways. I got out of the boat and floated on my back (not very conducive to snorkelling you don't have to tell me, i know). Finally decided to look down, but only after Fab swam up beside me and I asked if I could grab her hand as I looked down.. I felt much better doing so for some reason and actually saw the fish below. I didn't last long but I did do it!
Afterwards we went on the boat again and had a great lunch on an island and then went kayaking. Phil and I went with Jess and we were so low on the water it was a ittle scary! But since I had gotten over my fear of fish, it wasnt as bad as it could have been. :)

Ok, so there is your update. Oh ya, the past week I have spent lying on someones couch (thanks Michael!) reading in Bangkok. (The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. Try it. )
I am leaving Friday the 13th for Cambodia. I will be taking a bus to Siem Reap and then heading to Phnom Penh and to Laos eventually.
I will keep you posted.
:)

posted by jjoollee @ 8:18 AM