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i rode an elephant for 2 hours this morning. my elephant-mate, ryan, and i actually almost fell off. i tried to stop him by grabbing his shoulder but that didn't work too well - he is about 6 feet tall and perhaps 200 lbs and the only thing that kept us on the elephant was a sailor knot that i had personally tied! it was pretty silly and not that scary even though we were hanging off an elephant looking at some rocky ground. i figured i got what i deserved for riding an elephant. (but actually, the elephants are happy to give you a little ride - supposedly they live a rather idyllic lifestyle taking care of tourists.)
after the elephant trip a bunch of us went tubing down the river in the rain forest where it, unsurprisingly, rained on us. i saw monkeys in the trees. this still excites me! we were going down this river for a couple of hours so by the end i was super wet and cold. but we stopped at a buddhist temple where 100s of monkeys live. and i fed monkeys bread by hand! it was so cute!!!!! of course!!!! i took pictures.
the only downside of this trip right now is some of the group dynamic of the tour. honestly 1/2 of my tourmmates are people i really like. the other 1/2 i would just like to ignore. they are the greek chorus who were traveling together in northern thailand before we met up. they love to comment on my READING HABIT.
DO YOU EVER STOP READING? DOES SHE EVER STOP READING? ARE YOU A SPEED READER? DO YOU ALWAYS READ SO MUCH? no! i don't! only when i'm on vacation surrounded by people i don't really want to talk to ... but truthfully, we're only together on buses or trains and at the beginning of any "activity" that we might choose to partake in ...
the only other unfortunate side of things i kind of do have a roommate. i could ask for my own room as there's an odd number of women, and one lady has managed to have her own room the whole time. i have irina, who's nice but very clingy. BUT things could be worse so rather than alienate her and mix up the whole group dynamic, i'm going to just continue having a roommate for this trip, i guess. because the truth is we are rarely in our room at all to sleep.
and i don't know why i'm even bothering talking about accommodation. we've been doing super outdoors-y activities in remote thailand - what we are staying in aren't hotels. they are basically SUPER rudimentary shack type things. luckily they do have screens on the windows. but i've basically been camping. i'm not sure what i thought considering every day only costs 32 dollars, including all room, transport and some meals!
i am still so glad that i came on a tour, though, and didn't try and figure this out on my own. i am in some really random area of thailand right now. this is such a boring entry about such an exciting day. but i guess i'll post it anyway for posterity's sake OR SOMETHING.
DOOTHY
after the elephant trip a bunch of us went tubing down the river in the rain forest where it, unsurprisingly, rained on us. i saw monkeys in the trees. this still excites me! we were going down this river for a couple of hours so by the end i was super wet and cold. but we stopped at a buddhist temple where 100s of monkeys live. and i fed monkeys bread by hand! it was so cute!!!!! of course!!!! i took pictures.
the only downside of this trip right now is some of the group dynamic of the tour. honestly 1/2 of my tourmmates are people i really like. the other 1/2 i would just like to ignore. they are the greek chorus who were traveling together in northern thailand before we met up. they love to comment on my READING HABIT.
DO YOU EVER STOP READING? DOES SHE EVER STOP READING? ARE YOU A SPEED READER? DO YOU ALWAYS READ SO MUCH? no! i don't! only when i'm on vacation surrounded by people i don't really want to talk to ... but truthfully, we're only together on buses or trains and at the beginning of any "activity" that we might choose to partake in ...
the only other unfortunate side of things i kind of do have a roommate. i could ask for my own room as there's an odd number of women, and one lady has managed to have her own room the whole time. i have irina, who's nice but very clingy. BUT things could be worse so rather than alienate her and mix up the whole group dynamic, i'm going to just continue having a roommate for this trip, i guess. because the truth is we are rarely in our room at all to sleep.
and i don't know why i'm even bothering talking about accommodation. we've been doing super outdoors-y activities in remote thailand - what we are staying in aren't hotels. they are basically SUPER rudimentary shack type things. luckily they do have screens on the windows. but i've basically been camping. i'm not sure what i thought considering every day only costs 32 dollars, including all room, transport and some meals!
i am still so glad that i came on a tour, though, and didn't try and figure this out on my own. i am in some really random area of thailand right now. this is such a boring entry about such an exciting day. but i guess i'll post it anyway for posterity's sake OR SOMETHING.
DOOTHY