Home cold home!

26/06/2012

Home sweet home!!

Or should I say 'home cold home'? Cause that's certaintly what it feels like! Stuff all the complaining I did about the warm weather in Bali, I'd defs take that over the weather here!! *Trying not to shiver/sitting near the fire* (No, I'm sure I'm not being overdramatic)

Plane ride uneventful. After customs were sure I wasn't carrying dangerous items such as a gun, a knife, drugs...or....god forbid.... a fork!!!! we were allowed to leave. Once again.... coldness-ness-ness-ness-ness-ness-ness-ness-ness etc etc :)

Umm... interesting massages they have...

6:47 AM (Bali Time)

Imagine: Blaring noises, light everywhere, freezing air, and eyes that just can't open. Ergh, feels just like a school day! But no, we're going hiking!!! Turns out the noise was from my alarm clock, which is the same one I use to get up for school (therefor the school-like) feel... *closing eyes*.... *slight snoring* ergh I have to get up now...

8:52 AM (Bali Time)

Turns out hiking wasn't a bad idea! After my brain got the idea that it couldn't go back to its sleeping state, walking was actually amazing! I may have slipped down a few slopes and almost lost my foot in the mud, but other then that: awesome! I could spend hours talking about all the rich dutch architecture, and their impact on Bali, or Indonesia itself, blah, blah, blah .... but I won't go into that ;)

11:52 AM (Bali Time)

La la la la la sleeeping *snore snore*

1:49 PM (Bali Time)

Most awkward (and only) massage I've ever had... I don't think massages are supposed to feel like someone is feeling your butt, are they?

7:58 PM (Bali Time)

Arrgh almost time to go home... only 2 more days!! Totally not gonna get un-used to being totally looked after all day long. All the Balinese are soo polite! And there are so many jobs! There are even jobs to open doors in supermarkets!! Well anyway, sleeping-ness now :)

Hey

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i finally figured out how to pot!!!

(i mean post i couldnt be bothered to fix it)

soooo......(awkwardness)..........

......(more awkwardness)................

dont really have anything to say

but we should all catch up at one stage or another during the holidays

xxoxoxoxo

Jemma

Wednesday

Still chillin’ in Phuket. Thoughts of Wednesday. Btw- I fed a baby elephant on the way up to the Buddha but I forgot to write it down. He was very cute and his trunk was very soft. I peeled the bananas for him but when I wasn’t fast enough he’d just grab them off me and squish the skins off with his tongue. So very cute!!!

11:42 am Phuket time

Urghhh… I feel disgusting. Head splitting head-ache, throbbing joints and bones, stuff dripping down the back of my throat and my stomach is slightly nauseas. I only woke up at 9 am but have been comatose reading my book untill now.

1:23 pm Phuket time

Quote a billboard in Chalong (pronounced sha-lom):

“Don’t judge by physical appearance alone, always use condom”.

The physical appearance of what?

1:47 pm Phuket time

What was that movie that’s the alien agency or something? The one with the memory wiping pen and Will Smith? It’s really bugging me because it’s in Thai in the Natural Restaurant im in right now. Grrrr….. stupid forgetful mind.

2:22 pm Phuket time

Yummy lunch at a suspicious looking restaurant. Steamed fish curry; a meat dip with vegetables; eggplant salad; and a crab dish. Delis! I’m pretty sure the waitress was a boy (he/she was wearing make up though???)

2:38 pm Phuket time

Ok. Dear sun,

Would you be so kind as to detain from shining at the present time? I would much appreciate it as you are making me friggin’ sweat.

Sincerely,

Ariel

3:18 pm Phuket time

This is the old town Phuket. It’ s amazing (better if it wasn’t so flippin’ hot). The houses are tall and architecturally interesting. It is very vibrant and colourful. WOW!

4:00 pm Phuket time

I just bought a Thai silk scarf. It’s… well… it’s…. it’s amazing. It’s loosely woven with iridescent blues, turquieses, greens, reds, pinks and purlples. It smells delicious- like a midnight drea oasis in a sweltering foreign land. It runs through your fingers and it really is “smooth as silk” (Thai airways tagline)

4:48 pm tagline

So what are you doing for the next 10 years? The people of Phuket decided to build, for no apparent reason, a 45ft high statue of the Buddha on the tallest hill. What ever. It sort of rates up there in weirdness with the guy down my road who spent 30 years building a train track to get to the top of his block. Awesome views in both of these places though!

6:09 pm Phuket time

Drinky drink at the sunset bar over looking kata beach. Magic!

10:01 pm Phuket time

Erghhhh! Sick again. Left mum and dad to go out to dinner on their own whilst I stayed in the apartment. Mum brought me back sticky rice but it was disgustingly salty. L

Miss you guys!!!

Nothing in particular...

So hey guys! Im sorry- im really behind in the blog but the weather here makes it hard to do anything but sleep or read. Anyway… im stalling. Here’s the thoughts on Tuesday…

7:00 am Phuket time

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10:00 am Phuket time

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11:00 am Phuket time

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9:41 pm Phuket time

Sorry brain drain! I got up late. Had a long breakfast reading. Reluctantly moved to the pool. Slid into the water. Got out. Dried off.  Read. Went back to apartment. Updated blog (I’m a bit behind). Walked 500 m to restaurant overlooking the ocean. Ate a wonderful lunch (glass noodles steamed with prawns and tamarind ginger sauce; seafood fried rice; and crab with yellow curry sauce. Walked down the road. Got an hour long massage. Walked to markets. Sopped. Walked home. Swum. Watched sunset. Walked down to hotel restaurant. Ate cheeseburger (don’t judge… yep you’re judging). Caught lift up to room (finally working- though mum and I didn’t let dad know all day!!! Funny). Wrote in journel. Read. Slept.

9:43 pm Phuket time

Btw- I had a cheeseburger tonight as I felt the need to remind myself of the comforts of home to sharpen my awareness of the present . basically I ate some bad food so I appreciate the good food more!

10:01 pm Phuket time

Somehow the masseuse today managed to find every single one of ticklish spots on my body. And then she proceeded poke, prod and squeeze them! Just when I thought I had it under control and I wasn’t going to squirm, giggle or squeal- she’d go and find another one!!

Cigarettes and holes

Day.... 7?

10:56 am (Bali Time)

I have come to the conclusion that the Balinese are not exactly the 'keep your clothes on or you will sin'! type that I originally thought they were... music like 'sex on the beach' and 'I loved last night, lets do it over again!', blasts through my sister's virgin ears (cause mine arent.... kidding! I think?) Wooden penii everywhere (literally!!) in different shapes, sizes and even colours!!!( totally thinking I should go back to that lady and buy some for suveniers!) and sooo many stickers in the shops such as: I <3 dick, I <3 pussy, and John/Jack/Bob/Bill/Etc = gay. Seriously? Do they really expect tourists to buy that?

2:19 pm (Bali Time)

We are in a hole. A hole far worse then Nambour. Yes, I didn't think that was possible either. But it's true. Dad had the brilliant idea to look up online where we would stay for the next 4 days... and after driving through mini villages for an hour before we got to our hotel. A clean and not 200 yr old hotel in the middle of dirty little houses with broken roads, the smell of shit everywhere and villagers trying to survive...mmmm.... brilliant dad, brilliant! But the actual villa is amazing! The bathroom is bigger then my whole room at home!

I'm so glad we have our own taxi driver, Eddie. He may smoke in the car (disgusting, I can still feel my throat burning!) but at least he has seatbelts on every seat! Especially great when flying around everywhere! Some of these taxi drivers (he doesn't always drive us around, so we have to get other taxis) are sooo dodgy.

And that is not to mention some of the stall owners!! Every 5 sec (literally, not kidding) someone offers you something! My most basic vocabulary now consists of 'no thank you'. It gets more creepy - one dude ('bout 50) pulled on my arm, looked me up and down, and said, 'hey sweetie, you want to buy something' in a reaaaly creepy voice. Not quite what we bargained for!

Monday!!! btw blogging is so friggin' hard when the whole website is in Thai...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ELLIOTT!!!
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR BABY!!!
I LOVE YOU!!! (A lot)

Now that’s over with (no offense e) down to some serious blogging. Sorry I’ve missed a few days but I’ll still post each day separately…

MONDAY

10:00 am Phuket time

Slow start this morning- I’m only finishing breakfast now. Btw every morning I look out onto the street- which is filled with crazy scooterists. Ligit- I have seen girls texting while driving them; fixing their hair; checking makeup in the mirror; holding kids (I don’t get it but the adults are always wearing helmets and the kids aren’t… anyway); and singing. You don’t even want to know what the dudes are doing…

10:17 am Phuket time

Tom tom – the pushy, chatty taxi driver who is taking us to kata beach (he just won’t SHUT UP about his three “beautiful, intelligent, responsible, amazing, pretty, very nice, lovely daughters who are top of their grade at school”. Yeah he’s impressed. And then my parents started talking… !!! hehehe)

10:15 am Phuket time

QUOTE: “not the first but most talked about steakhouse in town”. Ummm… I wonder if it’s talked about for good or bad reasons? Or maybe it’s just because people see the sign…

10:30 am Phuket time

Kata noi isn’t the same as kata beach! It’s over a massive hill and down a set of stairs which lead to not sand but 2 meters into the ocean. (translation- the taxi driver dropped us at the wrong place and I’m annoyed that I had to walk over a massive hill in the heat)

11:08 am Phuket time

We all look very happy right now (although looks can be deceiving…). We are on three beach chairs on the long, wide kata beach reading our books in the shade. (people keep coming up to me just when I’ve gotten to a good bit trying to sell me stuff)

12:45 pm Phuket time

Me and mum just looked at around the shops and I purchased a sundress. I’m still looking for a second bikini and pressies for you guys. I found some very nice, pink leather broque shoes! NOT quite big enough for socks though…

2:00 pm Phuket time

WOW! Another amazing lunch- me: a beef and prawn salad with lemongrass and lime dressing; dad: a green curry with local seafood; and mum: noodles with a red curry sauce as well as a green sauce with vegetables. YUM!

2:03 pm Phuket time

Forgot to mention- we had our first desserts in Phuket today- tempura fried bananas and icecream and a chocolate soufflé. MMMMMMMMMMMM

5:19 pm Phuket time

Back “home” for catching up on blog, reading and sleeping.

8:10 pm Phuket time

Dinner and a quick look at shops on the way. Fried duck, garlic and pepper prawns and panang vegetables with a very weird sherbert drink (don’t judge- I had to try it. I was sooooo curious!)

9:04 pm Phuket time

This trip has made me realize four things:

One- how much I apprieciate my friends and their company (I know- not cheesy/corny at all you guys…)

Two- how good massages are

Three- what a difference being able to understand the language makes to everyday living

And four- exactly where and how much my body can friggin’ sweat!!!

Miss you guys so much!!!

(Btw, I’m going really well with finding pressies…)