I am currently writing from Pai in northwest Thailand, otherwise known as Hippyville, it seems the hippies had to find a new spot to settle after Woodstock and so they descended on Pai, bringing a substantial drug problem to the area with them, bless their carefree souls. Still you can see the draw (apart from the rainbow hammock stalls), cos the place is as sleepy as a sloth. The place is so laid back I had to wake up a shopkeeper to ask prices and the pedestrians outnumber cars by 10:1!! Not much to do apart from rent scooters and explore, which we did. Luckily we avoided crashing, we saw a few people with roadrash, and some moped driver was spotted unconscious on a street corner after a recent crash!!! Helmets on!!!
Two months too late I developed a case of the Dehli Belly, but even though I still feel rubbish I think I got off lightly, only threw up a couple of times. I blame the mango sticky rice from that foodstall, hindsight shows my lunacy, but it tastes so sweet!!!!!!!!! Mmmmm stick rice.........
Had a chat with the bro today cos despite doing really cool stuff, I'm not really enjoying the travel at the moment. Mostly to do with the fact that Isabel isn't here (and also I'm finding Thailand quite boring so have too much time to think), and I know she's coming out in 7 weeks time anyway but I had pretty much decided on flying back to Newcastle for a few weeks earlier today. It's easy to mock but it's bloody difficult being apart for so long!! (Thanks mam for the support.....!!!) Anyway have decided to keep going and we'll see how it goes. Heading into Laos in a few days, planning a trip down the Mekong River for a couple of days. May be some time before I blog again, Laos only has one international ATM apparently and net is not the best... Hope we make it out ok. So ciao for now.
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You big girls blouse - missing someone like that is not something Irish males are allowed to do , so pull yourself together and find a local furry animal you can squeeze and hug and ... well , we'll leave it there .
That advice about not riding elephants is certainly true - i've got the bruises to show for it . You're always going to come off worst if they start to push back !!
Shit , my first two paragraphs are about fucking animals and I didn't even realise it . That's worrying .
All is well in Norwich anyway . I'm sure you'll be glad to know that Roy Keanes Sunderland are now top of the championship - yes I cried too !
You missed a good ski holiday by the way - no scandal , we were too well behaved by far . Hotels are the way to go though , if only for the hot barmaids . Its so easy for staff to complain about drunken harassment these days that I felt it better to keep my distance , especially once the police became involved .
Watch out for giant snakes in the water like in that documentary J lo was in about the anaconda that grew really large - amazing !
Keep on truckin/rowing/riding/sleepwalking/stabbing/apologizing/burryingthebody/hiding/gettingarrested/spendinglifeinahorriblelaosprisonwithacellmatecalledGunjatwhothinksyousmellsweet!!!!!!!
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