Wednesday, 28 November 2007

In the jungle the mighty jungle....

awimberwa awimberwa awimberwa awimberwa in the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight!!!!! ahhhh what a crazy crazy few days ive had.

Went out clubbing Sat night and met some random Danish lads and got quite drunk woooo then we spent the next 2 days trekking in the jungle and it was the hardest thing ever and the craziest experience!!!
In the space of 2 days we went bamboo rafting, did ALOT of trekking up a steeeeeeeep mountain but through the jungle ofcourse, we swam in a waterfall, we stayed with a tribe in their village where they fed us and we all sat round a campfire singing songs and getting battered in the middle of the jungle, and we rode the elephants!! who then rode each other afterwards... was so funny!!!
In our group was 7 French guys, 2 Austrians, 2 Thai men (our guides) and 2 Irish lads and me and Amy. It was so cool we sat round the campfire drinking the tribes homemade rum or something (it was gross) all cheering each other on and we then had to sing a song from our country so me and Aim sang 'in the jungle the mighty jungle....' and everyone joined in!! was like something from a film heehee. We slept in these huts on bamboo beds ouch, wasnt comfy lol. Didnt come across too many spiders pheeeeeew but was weird getting changed in the jungle and the tribes toilet was like in a pig pen which stank wiv no light and just a pan to stand on and squat in ewwww!!
Was an amazing experience although me and Aim moaned alot about the walking, trust me it was haaaaard! we all went out last night after getting back from our trek and got battttttered big time!!!! wooooooooo!!!
The elephants were cool but scary when they walked down steeeeep hills, thought i was gonna fall off but they were chained up and kept being stabbed with a sharp stick to keep them moving, not so nice. Anyway Ive got a 10hr journey back to stinky Bangkok tonight then flying to Koh Samui for sun sea and sand!! still havent got a tan, not good so gonna be sunbathing for the next few days and chilling I think.
Keep in touch guys!!xxxx




Friday, 23 November 2007

the journey begins.....


So here I am finally in Thailand, beginning my craziest journey yet!! It's been a mad few days and bloody tiring.
Arrived in Bangkok on 20th November at 5am and got taken to our guest house which was quite nice. The next day we see Bangkok properly and to be honest me and Amy didnt like it. The street we had to walk down to get to the station absolutely stank, like seriously bad and they sold live toads and gross fish in the street, ewww!! Found our way to the shops in Siam and it was a mission, the place was so big and busy!! We got plenty of TukTuks though which are fun but they drive like bloody maniacs out here!!
Booked to go on a jungle trek in a few days which includes alot of walking, living with a tribe, washing in a waterfall and having elephant ride through the mountains, how cool but im crapping it coz there will be loads of bugs :(


Our 2nd day in Bangkok got worse, my phone didnt work so had to buy another one, and me and Amy almost missed our coach to Chiang Mai, we were lost and no one knew where to take us and we were already 45mins late, ended up bursting into tears and some Thai man helped us.
We just caught the coach which we were on for 10hours up to Chiang Mai (which is where I am now) we went out last night to see the light festival which was sooooooo cool!!


There was a massive parade going on and fireworks going off everywhere and everyone lets off lanterns into the sky, the sky was full of them, looked amazing, tried to get pics but they dont show what it was like.



Me and Aim have been knackered alot coz of the travelling, might hit a club tonight, not that sunny in the north though so still pale as anything :( cant wait to get on the sunny islands and sunbathe.
Missing loads of people though, added some pics, keep in touch and i will update again soon xx