Thailand

So back in Bangkok and had a hecktick but awesome few weeks and am needing an update! This has quite possibly been the best month i've ever had so hopefully i can get some of my fun and games up in vids and pics.

Firstly back to Bangkok, and on the first night, now unnerved by the crazy nature of Khao San Road, we hit the bustling streets once more. Full of ladyboys, beer girls in skintight beer coordinated dresses, and the best pool husslers i've ever seen, yup you guessed it, female 'escorts' who constantly took peoples money off them in exchange for a wooping on the pool table, (and something else probably later on)!! Met up with Sam and his girlfriend, Carline, and her mum, Wendy, for a sherbert or 2. Sam had a bag full of crickets, worms, grubs and other niceties which we had fun munching on!! A Maccy Ds on the way home was imminent, so was Blakey dancing in the streets to a bit of Dire Straights! The day after was much the same, use all the budget on beer, show the street break dancers how to 'dance' by doing russian dancing and a few cartwheels then find a club. This one turned out to be a peach and had all the lasers, thumping tunes, and decent DJ that we'd been missing. Best bit of the night was Blakey blocking up the stairs with mattresses, and then us running off, even though the porter robbed my camera case, luckily with nothing in it. Check out the videos...

Party Bus...Bangkok >> Krabi

Sam woke us all up hungover, and we had an awesome day chilling by the pool, cant believe how many Sweedish people are out here! With the 16 hour bus journey ahead, a subway was in order for the journey. After watching a bit of Muay Thai training it was time to get the bus. For once it lived up to expectation and was late, however was quite posh for once, it had a Valve Sound System set up taking up half of the bus! We soon met a marine called Sean, as well as Emily and Becky, constanly adding to the party train! Initiated the new recruits by not letting them get any sleep (or half the bus actually :S) but had a quality time. Eventually ended up in Krabi and on the beach Ao Nang where there are massive rock structures sticking out everywhere again.

Place we were sleeping in was similar to a drug den (from my best guesstimates!) which meant for the next few days we HAD to either be on the beach or in the relaxing shade of a near by tavern. Beat marine at connect 4, many times, which meant he had to down the beer. Met a Will Ferrel look alike and almost all 'went streaking' (Old School)! Sam fell asleep in the middle of the dance floor, god knows what everyone else thought, and i passed out on a towel in the air conditioned room of the girls, real comfy.

The next 2 days we spent living out our Hells Angels fantasies and either got choppers or scooters out and made our way to the local 4 tiered waterfall. This was amazing, you could jump off from various hights just like Stainforth! Even more amazing was the locals showing me up by doin backflips and forward flips off the top tree branch. On the second day, we dallied about (never thought i'd use that word!) so we couldnt make the waterfalls further away, but i was more than content to go there again. This time i saw a path beyond the biggest jump and followed it for a while, over cliff faces, through streams, and round spider infested trees till I stumbled across the other 4 tiers of the waterfall, all at once and in their natural beauty! Amazing being on my own on the second tier which was like a giant bath, loking up at the massive 2 other falls, and down at the bottom one. There was only on was down to (in my eyes) and that was to scale a wall of the 2nd one, jump into the bath like 3rd, then run and jump into the 4th!! Nature is amazing!

Krabi >> Koh Lanta

Sam departed as we departed, he did promise to spread the word 'Goochtastic' though, ledgend! All found a hut with enough beds in for cheap price near the beach, cant complain at all! Ended up in the best bar on the island, Opium, to watch footy and celebrate St Paddys day.
Its amazing how the cheapest and most unexpected days can be the best as for the next 2 days we simply chilled on the beach, swam in the clear blue sea, chucked the american footy about, swam to the jetty which was about 400 m out at sea, checked out the fish, and threw ourselves off it willy nillilly! At night times we ate at a steak house and pizzeria and had very probably the best pizzas ever. Afterwards we got buckets of ice and filled them with big cheap Tigers (beers of course!) whacked the ipod on and laughed into the night.
The only exception being on the second day marine decided to crack open a coconut with his fat knife, then proceeded to climb a tree to get one, however the milk and inside was delicious, and after the tropical storm we all had goes at opening freshly fallen ones (Blakey with his bare hands)! We also drank from the fruit of cashoonut trees and felt like 'real men, i like'.

Enough for now, i'll tell you about the volunteering, diving, grand prix and the rave of all raves, the full moon party next time, thats all for now kids;
xxx