Thursday 7 July 2011
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Tiger Tail Mustaches
Since we last wrote to you we have returned to Canada but we want to get you up to speed on what our last couple of days were like.
June 24
We headed out to go on the Flight of the Gibbon which is zip lining through the jungle. The zip lines were originally set up for New Zealand researchers and our now a tourist attraction and consisted of 22 platforms the longest being 800 meters.
We were picked up right from the hotel and were taken on an hour long drive to the zip line head quarters. Once there we made a quick trip to a waterfall, something that tours love to add on! (a trip to a waterfall) without informing the customer. After the waterfall we were suited up in our harness and started the zip lining. There was 1 family and 2 other couples that were in our group and our leader was Mr. Cash (hilarious man!). The family was from the Ukraine, 1 couple from Australia and 1 couple from England.
We zip lined all morning in many positions including the superman where you are attached by your back and you run and dive off the platform. It was pretty sweet, one of the highlights of the trip.
June 25
This was our last day in Chiang Mai and we spent the morning sleeping. Around lunch time we booked a taxi and went to the Tiger Kingdom. This was also a highlight of the trip as we got to hug and touch 2 yr old tigers. A few photos were snatched compromising the tiger's tail. See below.
Later that day we went to the mall and did our favourite activity of the trip - shopping.
June 26
We flew from Chiang Mai to Koh Samui that day. When we arrived we got ferry tickets to Koh Phangan and took the ferry there. We stayed at Same Same guesthouse and sauntered down to the bar in the guesthouse for some refreshing cocktails. We were bombarded by a stag from New Zealand and met a couple of Amsterdam which resulted in attending a beach party which resulted in bad hangovers! The beach party was very fun and included dancing in the ocean. June 27th we woke up in the afternoon and decided that a beach day was in order. We hung out on the beach and got sun burnt.
June 28
We packed up our bags and headed to Koh Tao. Koh Tao was originally a divers only island, you literally had to have booked a diving excursion to be allowed on the island but now it is open to everyone. We did not have a hotel booked so we just walked off the ferry and settled in at one of the hotels along the beach. It turned out to be a beautiful hotel and we really enjoyed our stay there. June 29 we booked a snorkeling trip for a full day. Remember those sun burns from earlier - they don't even come close to what happened at snorkeling. We started out snorkeling at 8:30 and went until 4:30. Our first stop showed us a black tipped shark, our next stop was quieter and all we really remember is being stung by plankton. Our third stop we found Nemo - clown fish in anemonies and our fourth stop we seen a HUGE school of fish (approx. 1 million) and our guide later told us that that was only about half of what is normally there. It looked like you could walk on them there were so many!
When we returned to the island we decided to go out for some Mexican food. This was easily the best food we ate the entire trip it was absolutely fantastic!
June 30
We once again packed our bags and headed to Bangkok via ferry and bus. We left at 10:15 am and arrived in Bangkok at 8:30 pm. Then the craziest thing happened (on the bus), we ran into the Amsterdam couple from the beach party...what a coincidence! When we got to Bangkok we grabbed a pink taxi to our hotel and ordered room service. Shortly after our food arrived the power went out - also a common occurrence in Cambodia and Thailand.
July 1
Happy Canada Day! This day we decided to take the sky train to a city center and found out that a Madame Tussauds wax museum was in the center. We quickly bought tickets and toured it. We got a good shot with Johnny Depp and George Clooney, and then a bit of a fight with Opera. Needless to say it was very good!
Later that night we went to the restaurant Cabbages and Condoms. It is a restaurant that supports the prevention and education of HIV/AIDS in Thailand. Much of the decor is information and education about the use of condoms. We bought some souvenirs from their gift shop and headed out for a few drinks. It was our last night in Bangkok.
July 2
Our last day! We checked out of the hotel and headed to the Chatuchak Market. This market is the biggest in Thailand and sees about 200,000 people daily! We bought some last minute treasures and had our last sweat mustache! After the market things escalated quickly and resulted in the consumption of a lot of fast food for both Kelly and Maria. We had McDonalds for a mid day snack.......
We headed to the airport early that night and ended up getting onto an earlier flight! This was good as we didn't have much to do in the Bangkok airport.
July 3
We arrived in Seoul Korea and had 3 hours to kill which we did by looking for Subway and ending up in another terminal requiring us to be escorted back by a security man! Hehe. In the end we did find Subway and boarded the plane for our 13 hour flight to Toronto.
Kelly had a scare on the flight when she was startled awake by a small child grabbing her foot!
It was nice to be by the exit window as we then had no-one in front of us and easy access to the washrooms.
We arrived in Toronto and had a 9 hour stop over which went by super quickly. It was so nice to be on Canadian soil!!!!!! We had some lunch, slept on the airport floor and boarded our last flight to Winnipeg!
When we arrived in Winnipeg our family and boyfriends were there to meet us and we were overcome with joy.
Thanks to those who followed our blog! This trip was a mixture of emotion and challenges but definitely worth it! We hope you enjoy the pictures we have added and look forward to telling you more stories in person.
Kelly and Maria
Travelers Abroad.
June 24
We headed out to go on the Flight of the Gibbon which is zip lining through the jungle. The zip lines were originally set up for New Zealand researchers and our now a tourist attraction and consisted of 22 platforms the longest being 800 meters.
We were picked up right from the hotel and were taken on an hour long drive to the zip line head quarters. Once there we made a quick trip to a waterfall, something that tours love to add on! (a trip to a waterfall) without informing the customer. After the waterfall we were suited up in our harness and started the zip lining. There was 1 family and 2 other couples that were in our group and our leader was Mr. Cash (hilarious man!). The family was from the Ukraine, 1 couple from Australia and 1 couple from England.
We zip lined all morning in many positions including the superman where you are attached by your back and you run and dive off the platform. It was pretty sweet, one of the highlights of the trip.
June 25
This was our last day in Chiang Mai and we spent the morning sleeping. Around lunch time we booked a taxi and went to the Tiger Kingdom. This was also a highlight of the trip as we got to hug and touch 2 yr old tigers. A few photos were snatched compromising the tiger's tail. See below.
Later that day we went to the mall and did our favourite activity of the trip - shopping.
June 26
We flew from Chiang Mai to Koh Samui that day. When we arrived we got ferry tickets to Koh Phangan and took the ferry there. We stayed at Same Same guesthouse and sauntered down to the bar in the guesthouse for some refreshing cocktails. We were bombarded by a stag from New Zealand and met a couple of Amsterdam which resulted in attending a beach party which resulted in bad hangovers! The beach party was very fun and included dancing in the ocean. June 27th we woke up in the afternoon and decided that a beach day was in order. We hung out on the beach and got sun burnt.
June 28
We packed up our bags and headed to Koh Tao. Koh Tao was originally a divers only island, you literally had to have booked a diving excursion to be allowed on the island but now it is open to everyone. We did not have a hotel booked so we just walked off the ferry and settled in at one of the hotels along the beach. It turned out to be a beautiful hotel and we really enjoyed our stay there. June 29 we booked a snorkeling trip for a full day. Remember those sun burns from earlier - they don't even come close to what happened at snorkeling. We started out snorkeling at 8:30 and went until 4:30. Our first stop showed us a black tipped shark, our next stop was quieter and all we really remember is being stung by plankton. Our third stop we found Nemo - clown fish in anemonies and our fourth stop we seen a HUGE school of fish (approx. 1 million) and our guide later told us that that was only about half of what is normally there. It looked like you could walk on them there were so many!
When we returned to the island we decided to go out for some Mexican food. This was easily the best food we ate the entire trip it was absolutely fantastic!
June 30
We once again packed our bags and headed to Bangkok via ferry and bus. We left at 10:15 am and arrived in Bangkok at 8:30 pm. Then the craziest thing happened (on the bus), we ran into the Amsterdam couple from the beach party...what a coincidence! When we got to Bangkok we grabbed a pink taxi to our hotel and ordered room service. Shortly after our food arrived the power went out - also a common occurrence in Cambodia and Thailand.
July 1
Happy Canada Day! This day we decided to take the sky train to a city center and found out that a Madame Tussauds wax museum was in the center. We quickly bought tickets and toured it. We got a good shot with Johnny Depp and George Clooney, and then a bit of a fight with Opera. Needless to say it was very good!
Later that night we went to the restaurant Cabbages and Condoms. It is a restaurant that supports the prevention and education of HIV/AIDS in Thailand. Much of the decor is information and education about the use of condoms. We bought some souvenirs from their gift shop and headed out for a few drinks. It was our last night in Bangkok.
July 2
Our last day! We checked out of the hotel and headed to the Chatuchak Market. This market is the biggest in Thailand and sees about 200,000 people daily! We bought some last minute treasures and had our last sweat mustache! After the market things escalated quickly and resulted in the consumption of a lot of fast food for both Kelly and Maria. We had McDonalds for a mid day snack.......
We headed to the airport early that night and ended up getting onto an earlier flight! This was good as we didn't have much to do in the Bangkok airport.
July 3
We arrived in Seoul Korea and had 3 hours to kill which we did by looking for Subway and ending up in another terminal requiring us to be escorted back by a security man! Hehe. In the end we did find Subway and boarded the plane for our 13 hour flight to Toronto.
Kelly had a scare on the flight when she was startled awake by a small child grabbing her foot!
It was nice to be by the exit window as we then had no-one in front of us and easy access to the washrooms.
We arrived in Toronto and had a 9 hour stop over which went by super quickly. It was so nice to be on Canadian soil!!!!!! We had some lunch, slept on the airport floor and boarded our last flight to Winnipeg!
When we arrived in Winnipeg our family and boyfriends were there to meet us and we were overcome with joy.
Thanks to those who followed our blog! This trip was a mixture of emotion and challenges but definitely worth it! We hope you enjoy the pictures we have added and look forward to telling you more stories in person.
Kelly and Maria
Travelers Abroad.
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