Hey guys, it's both Roz and Dan posting here...with pictures!!!! Dan is uploading the pictures on the computer next to me right now. I'll link it at the end of this post
I'm (Roz) feeling much better after 5 horrible days of bathroom issues. Without grossing anyone out and getting into too much detail, we both got Travellor's Diarrhrreoa (or however you spell it!) - except that mine was much more severe. At first, we thought it was heat exhaustion, but after coming upon a blurb about Travellor's Diarr. in our Thailand Lonely Planet guide book, we realized our symptoms matched the description. I was in bed for almost 2 days (with the WORSE cramps ever!!!) and running to the bathroom very often. Let's just say that we had to work our schedule around my bathroom schedule...which actually turned out ok because the weather was crappy and rainy in Ko Samui, where we stayed this week.
On Thursday night, Dan and I walked around Ko Samui's little shops. We ended up watching a caberet show put on by drag queens and lady boys. It was actually a good show- very entertaining. There were men who pretended to be ladies, but they over did it on purpose. You'll know what I mean when you see the pictures.
On Friday, Dan and I rented a scooter for $8/day. I was hesitant at first, but once we got the hang of it, it was really fun. We went to different parts/towns on Ko Samui. We specifically went to go see the Na Muang Waterfall - which was not that pretty (the water was brown), but the hike up was fun. It was quite a challenging climb, which we didn't expect - and we only wore our flip flops - so it was even more challenging.
Then on Friday night, Dan and I went to watch a Muai Thai (thai boxing) match. There were 8 fights, and all of them were men (darn, I wanted to see some of the women). A couple of fighters were in their teens (15-17), and there were 2 fighters from different countries (Australia, and not sure about the other guy but he had red hair, so I'm assuming Scotland or Ireland). They start with lower level/rank fighters (so it was a bit slow), and work the way up to more advanced. The last few fights were pretty crazy - one knock out in the first round (they have up to 5 rounds, 3 minutes each round)- and other fights involved some blood. The red hair guy was out of control, and didn't seem to know proper techniques -so even though he dominated his fight, he got disqualified. They didn't say why, but we would assume it was a control factor.
Yesterday, Dan and I went on a kayaking/snorkeling tour, which took us by speedboat to some Marine National Park just off Ko Samui. The snorkeling was definitely not as awesome as when we went with Kelly's family. The water was pretty hazy and there didn't seem to be as much fish or things to see. The kayaking was fun though - it was my first time. It was easy though...but my arms hurt today! I met a young Isrealian guy named Leo on the speed boat - and we dialogued about differences in Isreal and Canada. He was a pretty nice guy, and he invited us to this club by our hotel called Green Mango. Dan and I had to get up pretty early (4am) to get to the airport by 5am to fly to Chiang Mai (where we are right now)...so we were going to take a nap and then meet Leo. But we felt too tired to go, so we ended up sleeping through the night.
Now we're in Chiang Mai, which is where I've saved most of my shopping for. Things here are much cheaper than other places we've been to, including hotels. We practically jumped out of our shorts when the taxi driver said that it would only cost us 120 baht (about $4) to get to our hotel...whereas in other cities, it's been at least about $10. The city here so far is nice, less touristy (which is partly why it's cheaper)- which is good. We plan to do some trekking (hiking) here, and maybe take some thai cooking, and thai massage courses. Whoot! They even offer muai thai (thai boxing) lessons here.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THAILAND PICTURES. The pictures are in descending order, starting with most recent.
*WARNING: Few pictures with adult matter; may be offensive to some- view at your own discretion.
I'm (Roz) feeling much better after 5 horrible days of bathroom issues. Without grossing anyone out and getting into too much detail, we both got Travellor's Diarrhrreoa (or however you spell it!) - except that mine was much more severe. At first, we thought it was heat exhaustion, but after coming upon a blurb about Travellor's Diarr. in our Thailand Lonely Planet guide book, we realized our symptoms matched the description. I was in bed for almost 2 days (with the WORSE cramps ever!!!) and running to the bathroom very often. Let's just say that we had to work our schedule around my bathroom schedule...which actually turned out ok because the weather was crappy and rainy in Ko Samui, where we stayed this week.
On Thursday night, Dan and I walked around Ko Samui's little shops. We ended up watching a caberet show put on by drag queens and lady boys. It was actually a good show- very entertaining. There were men who pretended to be ladies, but they over did it on purpose. You'll know what I mean when you see the pictures.
On Friday, Dan and I rented a scooter for $8/day. I was hesitant at first, but once we got the hang of it, it was really fun. We went to different parts/towns on Ko Samui. We specifically went to go see the Na Muang Waterfall - which was not that pretty (the water was brown), but the hike up was fun. It was quite a challenging climb, which we didn't expect - and we only wore our flip flops - so it was even more challenging.
Then on Friday night, Dan and I went to watch a Muai Thai (thai boxing) match. There were 8 fights, and all of them were men (darn, I wanted to see some of the women). A couple of fighters were in their teens (15-17), and there were 2 fighters from different countries (Australia, and not sure about the other guy but he had red hair, so I'm assuming Scotland or Ireland). They start with lower level/rank fighters (so it was a bit slow), and work the way up to more advanced. The last few fights were pretty crazy - one knock out in the first round (they have up to 5 rounds, 3 minutes each round)- and other fights involved some blood. The red hair guy was out of control, and didn't seem to know proper techniques -so even though he dominated his fight, he got disqualified. They didn't say why, but we would assume it was a control factor.
Yesterday, Dan and I went on a kayaking/snorkeling tour, which took us by speedboat to some Marine National Park just off Ko Samui. The snorkeling was definitely not as awesome as when we went with Kelly's family. The water was pretty hazy and there didn't seem to be as much fish or things to see. The kayaking was fun though - it was my first time. It was easy though...but my arms hurt today! I met a young Isrealian guy named Leo on the speed boat - and we dialogued about differences in Isreal and Canada. He was a pretty nice guy, and he invited us to this club by our hotel called Green Mango. Dan and I had to get up pretty early (4am) to get to the airport by 5am to fly to Chiang Mai (where we are right now)...so we were going to take a nap and then meet Leo. But we felt too tired to go, so we ended up sleeping through the night.
Now we're in Chiang Mai, which is where I've saved most of my shopping for. Things here are much cheaper than other places we've been to, including hotels. We practically jumped out of our shorts when the taxi driver said that it would only cost us 120 baht (about $4) to get to our hotel...whereas in other cities, it's been at least about $10. The city here so far is nice, less touristy (which is partly why it's cheaper)- which is good. We plan to do some trekking (hiking) here, and maybe take some thai cooking, and thai massage courses. Whoot! They even offer muai thai (thai boxing) lessons here.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THAILAND PICTURES. The pictures are in descending order, starting with most recent.
*WARNING: Few pictures with adult matter; may be offensive to some- view at your own discretion.
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