Back in Bangkok
The trip has pretty much finished. Mollie left this evening, after the last dinner. Lou, Bonnie and I went shopping on Khao San Road afterwards, then Bonnie and I headed off to Shamrock Irish Pub where we were supposed to meet Noot and Emma. Lou went back to the hotel to drop off her newly purchased bag.
We couldn't find everyone else there at first. Bonnie finished one drink, then as we decided to leave, we found them right by the door. Hung out there for a while. Had a few sips of beer, and I don't know why but my stomach started feeling funny so I decided to leave.
I'm pretty much next door to the hotel and after a quick walk I'm feeling better so here I am.
We went shopping this arvo at MBK (I think that's what it's called) - a big shopping mall here in Bangkok. Spent hours there (and thousands of bahts). Were gonna go to Wat Po to check out the reclining Buddha, but when we got out the rain was pouring so we decided to stay inside and go there tomorrow before the market.
I surely had a hell lot of fun bargaining. One of the lines I used was: "I come from Indonesia, a very poor country.. I don't have much money.." LOL. And it actually worked!
Bonnie later on said "I could've said my mum comes from China, the rural area.. and she works in a paddy field. Well, she used to!"
Anyway, we got a lot of good, cheap stuff today. Bangkok is awesome for shopping. Oh, and pizza for lunch. Mmmm.. how I'd missed pizza....
I've been meaning to write more but somehow I'm just not in the mood. My body has been all sore since the bungy jump.. I don't know if it was the bungy jump or the canopy ride earlier that day though. I mean, there was too much excitement in one day...
I've just realised I haven't mentioned the canopy ride on my earlier entry. Everyone except Mollie went that arvo. It was about half an hour from our bungalow, and we had a lift on a song thaew (one of those pickup trucks with no shelter) and the driver was a "maniac, maniac...".
I think everyone would agree that the car ride itself was more exciting than the actual canopy ride. The road to the jungle (or forest, whatever it was) wasn't the best. We nearly fell off the truck on a few occassions. And it was stinking hot. At one point the car couldn't make it up the steep hill, we had to get off and walked. Everyone preferred that anyway.
The canopy ride was fun. I'll post pictures when I get around to. It was an hour, over 6 different treehouses, and the last one was the best. The longest and the fastest. Totally cool.
The bungy jump that night though... it's gotta be one of the craziest things I've done in my entire life. I didn't particularly enjoy bouncing around at the end of the rope after the actual fall - and I think I've mentioned before that I've got a big, horrible bruise on my arm from that - but the adrenaline rush was being up there on the crane, getting ready to jump.
And the free fall. Oh, the free fall. It was awesome. I didn't have much time at all. Mollie spent a hell lot longer up there telling everyone who shouted at her to jump to fuck off. Ha! Well, the guy who was up there basically told me to count to three and jump. Oh and not to look down. I didn't because I knew I would absolutely shit myself if I had. Mollie did though. And she did shit herself.
She actually went first. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go until after she did it and told me how great it was. She actually went for a second time - the rocket. I was already feeling queasy by then no one could persuade me to do anything more.
Anyways. Long travel day yesterday. Bus, another bus, ferry, another bus, and overnight train. What a waste of time. To think that for about 3000 bahts I could've flown from Koh Samui to Bangkok. Oh well.
I'm sad that I'll have to say goodbye to everyone tomorrow. Am flying to Hanoi the day after.
PS: Got a fake student ID from Khao San Road for 250 bahts tonight. That'll come in handy! I was actually thinking of getting a TESL certificate as well. *LOL* What an awesome country!
We couldn't find everyone else there at first. Bonnie finished one drink, then as we decided to leave, we found them right by the door. Hung out there for a while. Had a few sips of beer, and I don't know why but my stomach started feeling funny so I decided to leave.
I'm pretty much next door to the hotel and after a quick walk I'm feeling better so here I am.
We went shopping this arvo at MBK (I think that's what it's called) - a big shopping mall here in Bangkok. Spent hours there (and thousands of bahts). Were gonna go to Wat Po to check out the reclining Buddha, but when we got out the rain was pouring so we decided to stay inside and go there tomorrow before the market.
I surely had a hell lot of fun bargaining. One of the lines I used was: "I come from Indonesia, a very poor country.. I don't have much money.." LOL. And it actually worked!
Bonnie later on said "I could've said my mum comes from China, the rural area.. and she works in a paddy field. Well, she used to!"
Anyway, we got a lot of good, cheap stuff today. Bangkok is awesome for shopping. Oh, and pizza for lunch. Mmmm.. how I'd missed pizza....
I've been meaning to write more but somehow I'm just not in the mood. My body has been all sore since the bungy jump.. I don't know if it was the bungy jump or the canopy ride earlier that day though. I mean, there was too much excitement in one day...
I've just realised I haven't mentioned the canopy ride on my earlier entry. Everyone except Mollie went that arvo. It was about half an hour from our bungalow, and we had a lift on a song thaew (one of those pickup trucks with no shelter) and the driver was a "maniac, maniac...".
I think everyone would agree that the car ride itself was more exciting than the actual canopy ride. The road to the jungle (or forest, whatever it was) wasn't the best. We nearly fell off the truck on a few occassions. And it was stinking hot. At one point the car couldn't make it up the steep hill, we had to get off and walked. Everyone preferred that anyway.
The canopy ride was fun. I'll post pictures when I get around to. It was an hour, over 6 different treehouses, and the last one was the best. The longest and the fastest. Totally cool.
The bungy jump that night though... it's gotta be one of the craziest things I've done in my entire life. I didn't particularly enjoy bouncing around at the end of the rope after the actual fall - and I think I've mentioned before that I've got a big, horrible bruise on my arm from that - but the adrenaline rush was being up there on the crane, getting ready to jump.
And the free fall. Oh, the free fall. It was awesome. I didn't have much time at all. Mollie spent a hell lot longer up there telling everyone who shouted at her to jump to fuck off. Ha! Well, the guy who was up there basically told me to count to three and jump. Oh and not to look down. I didn't because I knew I would absolutely shit myself if I had. Mollie did though. And she did shit herself.
She actually went first. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go until after she did it and told me how great it was. She actually went for a second time - the rocket. I was already feeling queasy by then no one could persuade me to do anything more.
Anyways. Long travel day yesterday. Bus, another bus, ferry, another bus, and overnight train. What a waste of time. To think that for about 3000 bahts I could've flown from Koh Samui to Bangkok. Oh well.
I'm sad that I'll have to say goodbye to everyone tomorrow. Am flying to Hanoi the day after.
PS: Got a fake student ID from Khao San Road for 250 bahts tonight. That'll come in handy! I was actually thinking of getting a TESL certificate as well. *LOL* What an awesome country!
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