good bye snow...

another weekend, another beach...

Hey Everyone,

So, yes I know I was bragging about my new wonderful camera. And yes, it still is new and wonderful... however, this weekend - the battery was not my friend. I forgot to charge it, so the only moments I was able to eternalize was that of some very fabulous kareoke, as seen above. As well, I was able to film the dazzling rendition of "Build Me Up Buttercup." Amazing. But other than that - I have nothing to share with you. Others pics may be added to the blog at a later date.

Ok, so right after school we hopped, or crammed (there were 5 of us) into a cab and drove to the BTS. From there we rode the BTS to the place where we picked up our mini-bus that we had rented. It cost us about 3 Canadian dollars each, to take a 12 seat van to the beach. However, the ride was pretty long. But finally we arrived at the hotel. Or guest house as it was called. The accomodations were pretty rustic... but liveable. And for 15 dollars for two nights in a hotel on the beach, I was not going to complain.

Once we all got settled we headed to the bar for some dinner (as seen in the picture). We ate and sang, and comsumed some beverages. After that we headed to a bar on the beach, sat in beach chairs and enjoyed the sound of the waves crashing. It was wonderful. However, the washrooms were something to be desired. And by washrooms, I mean two inner tubes leaning against some metal sheeting.

The next morning we were up early to enjoy the beautiful day. And by beautiful day I mean overcast weather with non-stop spitting rain. However, we were at the beach and determined to make the best of it, so we layed out our towels, put on our sunglasses and sunscreen, and imagined that we were soaking in the waves. While we were hanging out on the beach we were approached by some teenage thai kids. They introduced themselves and said that they were doing an assignment for school and needed to interview us. This assignment was practice English with foreigners. They asked us where we were from, how we liked Thailand, if we ate thai food... etc. It was fun helping them out. Then they took our pictures.

After lying under the clouds for all that time we worked up quite a sweat. So we decided to jump in the ocean. Sidebar - the sand was so awesome, thick, soft, loved it! So as I approach my friends in the water they inform me that we are surrounded by jellyfish! I freak out a bit. My childhood man o war attack was enough ocean violence for me. I swam around a bit, got progressive more freaked out... saw a jellyfish about a foot away from me, and got out of that water as fast as I possibly could! Meanwhile - those silly boys are scooping up jellyfish with frisbees - I don't get it. Apparently rainy seasons makes the jellyfish come out.

Finally, we decided that we had our fill of beach in the rain... so we wandered through the town of Hua Hin. It was a lot more populous than Ko Samet. There were tons of shops and restaurants and stuff to do. It kinda had the Cancun feel. It was fun wandering around.

That evening most of the girls went shopping at the night market. While the boys and a few of the girls went to watch Muay Thai (Thai Boxing). I'm sure you can guess which one of those two groups I was in. I'll give you a hint. I got myself some really pretty skirts!

The next day was slightly sunnier - but no less jellyfishier - so this girl Emily and I decided to go over to the Hilton hotel to go for a dip in thier amazing pool. No sooner then we set our towels down on a chair did a security guard come over to us and kick us out. I guess we weren't being as stealthy as we thought. So we went to a restaurant and drank some fruit smoothies until we were ready to catch our ride home.

Somehow, there was a communication problem in trying to get the same guy to pick us up that dropped us off in the minibus - so we waited for a bit and then decided to take the train. It was an awesome travel day! First we took this tuk tuk type type thing to the train station. Then we took the train, most of us were in 3rd class, which wasn't half bad - and 5 people got the first class seats with comfort and AC. But - you know me, even in Thailand I'm cheap... I'm not about to pay an extra 100 baht for AC, that's an entire skirt I can buy instead! The train ride was long... but I preferred it to the bus because the view was spectacular. We saw lots of farm country and amazing hills and mountains. I wish I had my camera! After the train, we took the Metro (subway) to the BTS, then at the end of the BTS line we hopped in a cab. If only we could have taken a water taxi and a moter cy and I would have done it all this weekend.

Anyway - sorry my novel writing days are back apparently. My friend is here with his guitar and to watch Prison Break (my new addiction) so I better run. I will be a Thai speaking rock star when I come hope for Christmas - you just wait.

Love to all. Write soon.

Luv Crys

posted by Crystal @ 5:21 AM