Trip of a Lifetime

Krabi

Hey y'all! Just wanted to let you know that I've made it through Burma alive, and the journey was quite interesting. We took the night boat, at 10 pm, from Ko Pha-Ngan to Surat Thani (on the mainland). The night boat is basically just a floating mattress, though sleep is difficult to come by due to the always loud Thai women. Also, something peculiar I noticed on the boat - a man sleeping under a mosquito net... In the middle of the ocean?... I'm not entirely sure how much range mosquitoes have, but I think 50 miles is stretching it a bit. Come to think of it, I don't think a mosquito could have stung that man even if it was strapped to a laser guided missile and fired at our boat. At least he was well prepared in case of surprise attack, I suppose. At any rate, we then went up to Ranong, then took the boat over to Burma, where I was simultaneously accosted by 5 tiny money grabbing monks, four young men trying to sell me cigarettes and whiskey, three giggling ladyboys, two strange old men trying to sell me VIAGRA (Seriously), and ... A partridge in a pear tree. I returned to the boat with all speed, then came back to Thailand and bussed all the way down here to Krabi, where I am now. So far I really like Krabi, it's just like the east coast, and the islands, except it's literally half price - should help me stay on budget! And of course it will help me continue on the road towards skin cancer, and a good tan :) Lately though, I've been starting to miss Canada a little bit - the only thing is, it's not what you'd expect to be missing. Yesterday I had the craziest craving for Kraft Dinner all day long... Today I was feeling the need to eat some Doritos. It's only the things that you've really become accustomed to and taken for granted that you start to miss. Oh and I miss my family too! ... And my friends!... (Yes, I have friends) But I think I'd trade my little brother in for a box of KD and a bag of Doritos at this point. Hope you understand Jason! Much love to everyone, and I SWEAR I'll have some pictures up before April, I promise! In the meantime, I guess I'll work on making friends with some people with cameras, so I can steal their pictures! Keep writing and, if possible, can anyone organize a Kraft Dinner airdrop to my current position?... Spiker

posted by Spiker @ 4:32 am