The Jungle! It was a great two days...we came out with some scrapes, bruises, blisters and sore calves...but we made it out alive. However I would like to remind everyone here...I HATE HIKING! Well, trekking... it's not my thing especially when all you have is a pair of converse, which I might add and make a note to myself that they are not meant for hiking let alone long distances.
Our first day started off really early...about 6am. We had to get up, get our stuff together, check out and get our ride for 6:45. We were going to the tour place to drop off our bags and meet up with the rest of the group.
We were exhausted as we only had about two or three hours of sleep because our 12 bed dorm had been full for the first time the night before and our new roommies were loud so we weren't functioning at our full potential.
We were confused as we weren't sure what was going on, we didn't know we were going to the travel place until they brought us there and when we asked questions the woman who was in charge was a bit aggressive with us... in fact...she seemed like a completely different person from the day we purchased the excursion. Pffft.
We hoped in our safari jeep around 7:30am and set off on our two day adventure.
Our first stop was a market where we at some of the tastiest Tom Yum noodle soup and it was super cheap so we were starting off great. We wandered the market a little bit, looking at the bugs and and a large table of pigs heads and feet...not something I want on my plate.
We drove for maybe a half hour to our next spot which was a waterfall...it was beautiful but cold as hell so we took pictures as quickly as we could so we wouldn't freeze. After that we went to hot springs.
The first spot to the hot springs was what seemed to be a resort of some sort where we got into a mineral pool and enjoyed the hot! water for half an hour. We then headed up to the hot springs where we had an amazing lunch of fried rice and chicken. You can not sit in the hot springs...they are way too hot, the water just bubbles some areas looking like mini geysers because they are boiling so much with a constant flow of steam rising of them. I guess that's why the sign at the mineral pool said to boil your eggs in the appropriate area.
Anouschka and I were a bit unsure about our group but we managed to break the ice with them and ended up loving everyone.
The hike:
When we booked the excursion we were told it's a three hour hike up a mountain but you stop every 45 minutes. It also involved a half hour into the jungle the next morning to look for the elephants. I really wanted to see elephants so I decided to suck it up and do the excursion..... little did we know it was under-exaggerated - if that's even a term..
Three mountains...baby, momma and poppa....smallest to biggest. Baby was a bit challenging but 45 minutes and then we got to stop at a little village - though I think it was more of a hamlet. It was really beautiful with a great view, chickens, pigs (and a really big one that was snoring in his sleep), dogs and refreshments.
I looked at their houses, built out of wood and on stilts, clean, beautiful and very good up keep. We were out in the jungle and this place was cleaner and better looking than most buildings or housing in India. The animals were healthy and there was no garbage...it is so refreshing to see after India.
Anyways...after about a half hour there we were off to hike Momma....this one being a two hour hike!!! Two hours!!! She was the toughest of all of them. It was exciting getting to the top it was another milestone climbed which mean we had just one more to go...but we had to make it down first. This was the hardest and worst part of the whole hike.
Our guide - Chai - made me and another person walking sticks made out of bamboo which was a game changer, especially going down. It was slippery, and Converse have no treads and I am still paranoid about my ankle. It was bothering me in Goa so I know it's still not 100%, and going down over stones and rocks would make it go in different angles. I was walking like a grandma going down only leading with my right foot as it's more comfortable for me that way...I feel like it protects my foot. "I think my legs are going to start shaking soon." Said Anouschka. "Hahaha, I'm already there, every time I put a foot down my thighs just quiver." "Fuck my life." She said. "You like hiking remember, I hate it. But there are elephants over there." I said pointing. "To the elephants."
Sliding rocks, mud, cracks in the path which made the walk more challenging and a bridge or two that I just walked over without even hesitating. I couldn't believe it...I looked straight, walked slowly and just walked - it was a proud moment.
I was very concentrated walking down, trying not to fall and break or re-break something when I heard rocks slide, I turn around and Anouschka is sliding down the hill swearing in Dutch. She slides into the trees and was only inches from hitting her head on one. She looks at me and continues to speak Dutch. "Nousch, I don't speak Dutch." "Right. Okay I'm fine." She said getting up, brushing stones and dirt off of herself and heading down the mountain. She didn't even scratch her camera.
We weren't informed of the conditions we would be walking in...we were told running shoes but clearly hiking shoes would've been safer and my feet would've been happier. I guess that's why they need our passports for insurance...sudden death could happen?
I HATE FUCKING HIKING!!!
My feet were blistering along with my hands from the walking stick and I had a massive bruise on my left knee from I don't know what. I was not enjoying myself and just wanted it to be over.
We had another quick stop in a village/hamlet. I took my shoes off and put some bandages on my baby toes - so happy I packed them. That's when I noticed the sole of my shoe had broken and my right shoe now had a mouth, it wasn't just my blistered feet talking to me it was also my right shoe!
We were off to hike Poppa...our last mountain. THIS WAS THE EASIEST ONE!!! Only 45 minutes...and much easier on my feet and the conditions were much better. It was very exciting getting to the camp...I knew the worst of it was over.
I could see the elephants in their area but they wanted to have a bit of a meeting with us and by the time we were done the elephants were gone for the night as they roam and don't come back till morning.
The camp was great, clean, beautiful but man does it get gold in the Jungle at night. Thank goodness we brought some layers with us and each of us was provided with about five big blankets on our beds...well mattresses - double sized, with a massive mosquito net that we could tuck underneath our mattresses protecting us from jungle spiders because the guys we were with didn't seem overly keen on saving us if there was one.
We bundled up got some beer from the fridge and went up to the bonfire where we were also served some Happy Water - their rice wine or their alcohol made from rice that is similar to whiskey...very strong but sweet. Then we had an amazing dinner, there was so much food we couldn't even eat it all...rice, sezchuan vegetables, pineapple curry vegetables and I can't remember what else. Then for a snack after dinner they gave us black rice cooked in a bamboo shoot, you put honey on top and then eat it....OMG there is so much food in this country I love it.
They made us a paper lantern. We all wrote our wishes on it and then we took it out into the open area in the camp lit the fire inside of it and let it go up into the sky and into the stars. It was so beautiful. They even attached fireworks to the bottom so they went off as the lantern went up. We watched it till it went out. And the sky....OMG the sky out there is incredible. You can see all the constellations, but where you would normally see an area of black sky was just clusters and clusters of stars, I've never seen the sky like that before...I would like to share the pictures with you but they are in my mind not my camera.
We spent a few hours at the bonfire drinking beer, happy water and tea. They made homemade cigarettes - tobacco and tamarind fruit wrapped in a banana leaf....they made us three and they were massive...one lasted the 7 of us 45 minutes. Even the non smokers were smoking them because they were so good.
We played games. They had match sticks so we had to figure out the puzzle...it was a great way for us to bond.
Four of our group members were from Bavaria and all they did was sing. When we hiked they sang Back Street Boys, Britney Spears, U2 - but no Jusin Bieber...he wasn't allowed, but David Hasselhof was - even after I told them I was a Bieliber they still wouldn't budge. You could say anything and they had a song ready to go so playing these games for hours was a bit of a musical. Well the whole two days was a musical with them.
Three things you need when trekking in the jungle:
1. A Bavarian
2. A funny Bavarian
3. A funny singing Bavarian
Get your Bavarian here at www.buyyourbavarian.com and if you would like to listen to their music check out their band PURCHASED!
Hahaha they were good fun.
We got to bed at 11:30 and I was pooped...2 hours of sleep and a hike in the jungle...goodnight!
They woke us up the next morning around 6:30 or 7 (I'm not sure) but we began our morning walk into the jungle to find the elephants. Let me rewind here for a minute...morning walk. Remember the half hour walk into the jungle we were told about? Well the night before at the camp they said it could be two hours - that's fine - but a walk. Not another fucking hike up a mountain with no tea, coffee or fruit in our tummies before we left. I wanted to cry, my feet were so sore and my calf's were screaming and the terrain was shitty. Elephants, just think of the elephants. Ughh, have I told you how much I hate hiking?!?! Plus I woke up with a wonky head...it was heavy and telling me it was going to rain (which apparently it had that night) so I was dizzy.
I was tired, hungry, my head was dizzy and I was annoyed. "I'm really sorry but this isn't what I signed up for...I was told a 3 hour hike and a half hour hike into the jungle, this has turned into a 7 hour hike up 4 mountains. This isn't enjoyable." "Okay," said Chai. "You walk back to the camp and wait for us there." Seriously! I have struggled the most and you want me to walk back on my own, I get lost going to the toilet. Elephants, think of the elephants.
Chai's phone rang - yes you can get service in the jungle - he spoke for a few minutes and then we kept walking. "Sorry guys the elephants have already gone back to the camp so we are going to go back." FML I could've stayed in bed.
The Elephants:
They were so beautiful! I couldn't stop looking at them. We fed them for maybe an hour and took pictures with them. They were behind a low fence but it just kept them from wandering into the camp...they had access to the river and the jungle.
They smell you with their trunks and they will reach out for the food. Their trunks sound like there is a constant airflow coming out but it is just them breathing/smelling you. When they crunch their food it is so loud and man do they eat a lot. They have beautiful eyes (though sad), big ears, rough skin but they are so gentle.
After breakfast when everyone was sitting around I went back down to the elephants and talked to them. I wanted to stay with them forever, they are after all my favourite animals and it took my whole life to finally meet two of them and I didn't want to say goodbye.
We packed our stuff and watched as other tours came to the camp to see the elephants. We were all a bit sad to be packing up...we wanted to stay another night and hang out with each other but it was almost time to go.
We headed down to the river as it was time to bathe the elephants. The Bavarians got in the freezing cold river and I took some photos. "They have already been washed," said Anouschka who had been sitting on the river bank for about a half hour. "The guys forced the elephants to sit down and stay there for 15 minutes...I don't like it." We watched the elephants get washed by the Bavarians...you could tell that the elephants weren't really enjoying it. They slowly got up and made their way out of the water and back up to their area of the camp. We didn't get to wash them but I was okay with that, I didn't want to make them stay...I was just happy I got to meet them and take some amazing photos. The one I had been petting closed her eyes when I rubbed the top of her trunk...my heart filled with joy.
The last part of our excursion was a two and a half hour bamboo raft ride down the river - they had just made the bamboo rafts that morning. This was a lot of fun especially when we went over some small rapids. There was singing going on from both rafts due to our musical Bavarians.
At one point we came close to a tree so the three of us sitting down bent low, however, one of the guys was helping steer from the back, he went to bend down but it didn't work out for him...SPLASH! "Man overboard." He was fine and was laughing about it even though he was completely soaked for the rest of the trip. His girlfriend also had her foot go through two of the bamboo pieces when she was trying to take a picture for us. She was okay but we told her to sit down to take it.
We stopped off at a restaurant on the river where we changed and had amazing Pad Thai for lunch with two extra plates....massive plates....piled with more. I was so full but it was so good...it's so hard to stop eating here.
We hopped in our safari jeep and started heading back. Something in my head clicked and I opened my bag "My jacket! I forgot my jacket at the restaurant!!!" We knocked on the back window for them to stop. "I forgot my jacket." "Do you need it?" No I'm telling you this for fun, to let you know but please keep driving. "Yes I need it." "You might not make your shuttle to Pai if we go back." "That's fine, I need my jacket." They stepped on the gas and we sped around those tight curvers hugging the mountain side while the other side dropped into the river below....my jacket was there!
Our shuttle ticket said 3:30 but by the time we got there it was 3:52. "Your shuttle will be here in 10 minutes!" We waved goodbye to everyone, blew kisses and they were gone.
After five minutes we were told we couldn't stay inside the bus station because they were closing for the day. So we moved all of our stuff outside and waited. We had asked the girl at the station when our bus was coming but she didn't speak English. We called the travel place..." between 4:30 and 4:445." Why the hell was he in such a rush for us to get there...we had plenty of time!
Literally as soon as I hung up the phone the shuttle pulled up but being the last ones we had to put our stuff on the roof. I have 22kg, 80 litre backpack it's not that easy to lift, but we managed.
This was probably the longest two hours ever. There was no room for my feet because I have two smaller bags, Nousch had hers between her legs and there was a guy on the end. The driver said I wasn't allowed to have my feet up on the little ledge in front of my (it was as high as my shins- the drivers seat is raised) but I told him there was nowhere to put my feet so requested my flip flops to come off. We drove for what seemed like an eternity back into the jungle at full speed. We made it out of the jungle alive please let us make it to Pai alive.
Two long hours later we arrived in Pai. The streets are small with no cars, just motorbikes and we needed a taxi because we had all of our stuff. We got a taxi but it was a moped with a big basket on the side that held all of our luggage and us.
I could barely walk up the stairs to the hostel when we arrived... I HATE FUCKING HIKING!
We met up with our roommates from Chiang Mai and had some beers with them and then the whole hostel went to a rave so Nousch and I were the only ones here so we slept like babies.
Yesterday we went to the pool around the back of the hostel and just hung out in the sunshine and listened to some really great tunes.
Today... well we aren't sure yet...she is still sleeping...I need to wake her up so for now that is all. My calves are still in pain I can barely stretch in bed in the morning or walk like a normal person but it was worth it for the elephants.
My heart is happy! (but I still hate hiking!!!)
- My Beautiful Life -
Our first day started off really early...about 6am. We had to get up, get our stuff together, check out and get our ride for 6:45. We were going to the tour place to drop off our bags and meet up with the rest of the group.
We were exhausted as we only had about two or three hours of sleep because our 12 bed dorm had been full for the first time the night before and our new roommies were loud so we weren't functioning at our full potential.
We were confused as we weren't sure what was going on, we didn't know we were going to the travel place until they brought us there and when we asked questions the woman who was in charge was a bit aggressive with us... in fact...she seemed like a completely different person from the day we purchased the excursion. Pffft.
We hoped in our safari jeep around 7:30am and set off on our two day adventure.
Our first stop was a market where we at some of the tastiest Tom Yum noodle soup and it was super cheap so we were starting off great. We wandered the market a little bit, looking at the bugs and and a large table of pigs heads and feet...not something I want on my plate.
We drove for maybe a half hour to our next spot which was a waterfall...it was beautiful but cold as hell so we took pictures as quickly as we could so we wouldn't freeze. After that we went to hot springs.
The first spot to the hot springs was what seemed to be a resort of some sort where we got into a mineral pool and enjoyed the hot! water for half an hour. We then headed up to the hot springs where we had an amazing lunch of fried rice and chicken. You can not sit in the hot springs...they are way too hot, the water just bubbles some areas looking like mini geysers because they are boiling so much with a constant flow of steam rising of them. I guess that's why the sign at the mineral pool said to boil your eggs in the appropriate area.
Anouschka and I were a bit unsure about our group but we managed to break the ice with them and ended up loving everyone.
The hike:
When we booked the excursion we were told it's a three hour hike up a mountain but you stop every 45 minutes. It also involved a half hour into the jungle the next morning to look for the elephants. I really wanted to see elephants so I decided to suck it up and do the excursion..... little did we know it was under-exaggerated - if that's even a term..
Three mountains...baby, momma and poppa....smallest to biggest. Baby was a bit challenging but 45 minutes and then we got to stop at a little village - though I think it was more of a hamlet. It was really beautiful with a great view, chickens, pigs (and a really big one that was snoring in his sleep), dogs and refreshments.
I looked at their houses, built out of wood and on stilts, clean, beautiful and very good up keep. We were out in the jungle and this place was cleaner and better looking than most buildings or housing in India. The animals were healthy and there was no garbage...it is so refreshing to see after India.
Anyways...after about a half hour there we were off to hike Momma....this one being a two hour hike!!! Two hours!!! She was the toughest of all of them. It was exciting getting to the top it was another milestone climbed which mean we had just one more to go...but we had to make it down first. This was the hardest and worst part of the whole hike.
Our guide - Chai - made me and another person walking sticks made out of bamboo which was a game changer, especially going down. It was slippery, and Converse have no treads and I am still paranoid about my ankle. It was bothering me in Goa so I know it's still not 100%, and going down over stones and rocks would make it go in different angles. I was walking like a grandma going down only leading with my right foot as it's more comfortable for me that way...I feel like it protects my foot. "I think my legs are going to start shaking soon." Said Anouschka. "Hahaha, I'm already there, every time I put a foot down my thighs just quiver." "Fuck my life." She said. "You like hiking remember, I hate it. But there are elephants over there." I said pointing. "To the elephants."
Sliding rocks, mud, cracks in the path which made the walk more challenging and a bridge or two that I just walked over without even hesitating. I couldn't believe it...I looked straight, walked slowly and just walked - it was a proud moment.
I was very concentrated walking down, trying not to fall and break or re-break something when I heard rocks slide, I turn around and Anouschka is sliding down the hill swearing in Dutch. She slides into the trees and was only inches from hitting her head on one. She looks at me and continues to speak Dutch. "Nousch, I don't speak Dutch." "Right. Okay I'm fine." She said getting up, brushing stones and dirt off of herself and heading down the mountain. She didn't even scratch her camera.
We weren't informed of the conditions we would be walking in...we were told running shoes but clearly hiking shoes would've been safer and my feet would've been happier. I guess that's why they need our passports for insurance...sudden death could happen?
I HATE FUCKING HIKING!!!
My feet were blistering along with my hands from the walking stick and I had a massive bruise on my left knee from I don't know what. I was not enjoying myself and just wanted it to be over.
We had another quick stop in a village/hamlet. I took my shoes off and put some bandages on my baby toes - so happy I packed them. That's when I noticed the sole of my shoe had broken and my right shoe now had a mouth, it wasn't just my blistered feet talking to me it was also my right shoe!
We were off to hike Poppa...our last mountain. THIS WAS THE EASIEST ONE!!! Only 45 minutes...and much easier on my feet and the conditions were much better. It was very exciting getting to the camp...I knew the worst of it was over.
I could see the elephants in their area but they wanted to have a bit of a meeting with us and by the time we were done the elephants were gone for the night as they roam and don't come back till morning.
The camp was great, clean, beautiful but man does it get gold in the Jungle at night. Thank goodness we brought some layers with us and each of us was provided with about five big blankets on our beds...well mattresses - double sized, with a massive mosquito net that we could tuck underneath our mattresses protecting us from jungle spiders because the guys we were with didn't seem overly keen on saving us if there was one.
We bundled up got some beer from the fridge and went up to the bonfire where we were also served some Happy Water - their rice wine or their alcohol made from rice that is similar to whiskey...very strong but sweet. Then we had an amazing dinner, there was so much food we couldn't even eat it all...rice, sezchuan vegetables, pineapple curry vegetables and I can't remember what else. Then for a snack after dinner they gave us black rice cooked in a bamboo shoot, you put honey on top and then eat it....OMG there is so much food in this country I love it.
They made us a paper lantern. We all wrote our wishes on it and then we took it out into the open area in the camp lit the fire inside of it and let it go up into the sky and into the stars. It was so beautiful. They even attached fireworks to the bottom so they went off as the lantern went up. We watched it till it went out. And the sky....OMG the sky out there is incredible. You can see all the constellations, but where you would normally see an area of black sky was just clusters and clusters of stars, I've never seen the sky like that before...I would like to share the pictures with you but they are in my mind not my camera.
We spent a few hours at the bonfire drinking beer, happy water and tea. They made homemade cigarettes - tobacco and tamarind fruit wrapped in a banana leaf....they made us three and they were massive...one lasted the 7 of us 45 minutes. Even the non smokers were smoking them because they were so good.
We played games. They had match sticks so we had to figure out the puzzle...it was a great way for us to bond.
Four of our group members were from Bavaria and all they did was sing. When we hiked they sang Back Street Boys, Britney Spears, U2 - but no Jusin Bieber...he wasn't allowed, but David Hasselhof was - even after I told them I was a Bieliber they still wouldn't budge. You could say anything and they had a song ready to go so playing these games for hours was a bit of a musical. Well the whole two days was a musical with them.
Three things you need when trekking in the jungle:
1. A Bavarian
2. A funny Bavarian
3. A funny singing Bavarian
Get your Bavarian here at www.buyyourbavarian.com and if you would like to listen to their music check out their band PURCHASED!
Hahaha they were good fun.
We got to bed at 11:30 and I was pooped...2 hours of sleep and a hike in the jungle...goodnight!
They woke us up the next morning around 6:30 or 7 (I'm not sure) but we began our morning walk into the jungle to find the elephants. Let me rewind here for a minute...morning walk. Remember the half hour walk into the jungle we were told about? Well the night before at the camp they said it could be two hours - that's fine - but a walk. Not another fucking hike up a mountain with no tea, coffee or fruit in our tummies before we left. I wanted to cry, my feet were so sore and my calf's were screaming and the terrain was shitty. Elephants, just think of the elephants. Ughh, have I told you how much I hate hiking?!?! Plus I woke up with a wonky head...it was heavy and telling me it was going to rain (which apparently it had that night) so I was dizzy.
I was tired, hungry, my head was dizzy and I was annoyed. "I'm really sorry but this isn't what I signed up for...I was told a 3 hour hike and a half hour hike into the jungle, this has turned into a 7 hour hike up 4 mountains. This isn't enjoyable." "Okay," said Chai. "You walk back to the camp and wait for us there." Seriously! I have struggled the most and you want me to walk back on my own, I get lost going to the toilet. Elephants, think of the elephants.
Chai's phone rang - yes you can get service in the jungle - he spoke for a few minutes and then we kept walking. "Sorry guys the elephants have already gone back to the camp so we are going to go back." FML I could've stayed in bed.
The Elephants:
They smell you with their trunks and they will reach out for the food. Their trunks sound like there is a constant airflow coming out but it is just them breathing/smelling you. When they crunch their food it is so loud and man do they eat a lot. They have beautiful eyes (though sad), big ears, rough skin but they are so gentle.
After breakfast when everyone was sitting around I went back down to the elephants and talked to them. I wanted to stay with them forever, they are after all my favourite animals and it took my whole life to finally meet two of them and I didn't want to say goodbye.
We packed our stuff and watched as other tours came to the camp to see the elephants. We were all a bit sad to be packing up...we wanted to stay another night and hang out with each other but it was almost time to go.
We headed down to the river as it was time to bathe the elephants. The Bavarians got in the freezing cold river and I took some photos. "They have already been washed," said Anouschka who had been sitting on the river bank for about a half hour. "The guys forced the elephants to sit down and stay there for 15 minutes...I don't like it." We watched the elephants get washed by the Bavarians...you could tell that the elephants weren't really enjoying it. They slowly got up and made their way out of the water and back up to their area of the camp. We didn't get to wash them but I was okay with that, I didn't want to make them stay...I was just happy I got to meet them and take some amazing photos. The one I had been petting closed her eyes when I rubbed the top of her trunk...my heart filled with joy.
The last part of our excursion was a two and a half hour bamboo raft ride down the river - they had just made the bamboo rafts that morning. This was a lot of fun especially when we went over some small rapids. There was singing going on from both rafts due to our musical Bavarians.
At one point we came close to a tree so the three of us sitting down bent low, however, one of the guys was helping steer from the back, he went to bend down but it didn't work out for him...SPLASH! "Man overboard." He was fine and was laughing about it even though he was completely soaked for the rest of the trip. His girlfriend also had her foot go through two of the bamboo pieces when she was trying to take a picture for us. She was okay but we told her to sit down to take it.
We stopped off at a restaurant on the river where we changed and had amazing Pad Thai for lunch with two extra plates....massive plates....piled with more. I was so full but it was so good...it's so hard to stop eating here.
We hopped in our safari jeep and started heading back. Something in my head clicked and I opened my bag "My jacket! I forgot my jacket at the restaurant!!!" We knocked on the back window for them to stop. "I forgot my jacket." "Do you need it?" No I'm telling you this for fun, to let you know but please keep driving. "Yes I need it." "You might not make your shuttle to Pai if we go back." "That's fine, I need my jacket." They stepped on the gas and we sped around those tight curvers hugging the mountain side while the other side dropped into the river below....my jacket was there!
Our shuttle ticket said 3:30 but by the time we got there it was 3:52. "Your shuttle will be here in 10 minutes!" We waved goodbye to everyone, blew kisses and they were gone.
After five minutes we were told we couldn't stay inside the bus station because they were closing for the day. So we moved all of our stuff outside and waited. We had asked the girl at the station when our bus was coming but she didn't speak English. We called the travel place..." between 4:30 and 4:445." Why the hell was he in such a rush for us to get there...we had plenty of time!
Literally as soon as I hung up the phone the shuttle pulled up but being the last ones we had to put our stuff on the roof. I have 22kg, 80 litre backpack it's not that easy to lift, but we managed.
This was probably the longest two hours ever. There was no room for my feet because I have two smaller bags, Nousch had hers between her legs and there was a guy on the end. The driver said I wasn't allowed to have my feet up on the little ledge in front of my (it was as high as my shins- the drivers seat is raised) but I told him there was nowhere to put my feet so requested my flip flops to come off. We drove for what seemed like an eternity back into the jungle at full speed. We made it out of the jungle alive please let us make it to Pai alive.
Two long hours later we arrived in Pai. The streets are small with no cars, just motorbikes and we needed a taxi because we had all of our stuff. We got a taxi but it was a moped with a big basket on the side that held all of our luggage and us.
I could barely walk up the stairs to the hostel when we arrived... I HATE FUCKING HIKING!
We met up with our roommates from Chiang Mai and had some beers with them and then the whole hostel went to a rave so Nousch and I were the only ones here so we slept like babies.
Yesterday we went to the pool around the back of the hostel and just hung out in the sunshine and listened to some really great tunes.
Today... well we aren't sure yet...she is still sleeping...I need to wake her up so for now that is all. My calves are still in pain I can barely stretch in bed in the morning or walk like a normal person but it was worth it for the elephants.
My heart is happy! (but I still hate hiking!!!)
- My Beautiful Life -
