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| Last impressions froms SE Asia |
| 12.21.04 (11:31 pm) [edit] |
We are in Thailand now but since we haven't had a chance to write for some time I'll start with the last days in Cambodia.
On the way to Thailand we met an amazing lady who's a volunteer in Vietnam. The best thing was that when I started complaining about all the TV programmes and karaoke singing in the bus she said: well, I'm deaf, so whenever they were loud, I switched off the hearing aid! Ingenious!
The harassment from the vendors didn't stop in Cambodia, and in order to start the selling interaction the first question you get is where you're from. Pinelopi had the brilliant idea to say that we're from Albania. So we did, but they understood Albany, USA. Then she had another great idea (and then she fainted, two great ideas in such a short time was too much for the poor thing): she suggested we say that we're from Korea! Somehow they got suspicious though and they asked us to speak Korean so that didn't work great either.
In Siem Reap we stayed at a guest house that must have been the noisiest place in the universe. First night was in a room where the roof wasn't exactly attached to the walls, there were huge gaps. I was sure that it must be infested with rats and stuff and I was probably right cause when we got back in the evening we saw traces of something. Anyway, the next day we changed rooms. It seems though that there was a music school in the vicinity and the classes started at 5:00 a.m. It only lasted until 8:00 though, just about the time when you get up anyway. The last day was a Saturday and we were hoping that there's no school on weekends. Apparently though on Saturdays they have gong lessons (no kidding). Plus there was some religious thing going on loudspeakers.
Off to Thailand then where we met with the group for the Thailand-Malaysia tour. Before that though I managed to leave our credit card in the ATM. And it's not my fault at all cause they have this stupid system where first you get the money, then the receipt and then the credit card. Well, I skipped step 3.
Night train to Phun Phin (lots of cockroaches) and then we arrived at a guest house in Khao Sok, in the jungle. Remember how we changed rooms in Cambodia because there were gaps in the walls? This time we stayed in a hut, almost no walls. The thing was open from all sides, just a fragile mosquito net separating you from rats, spiders and monkeys. Pinelopi of course thought it was cool. No major incidents though except from an unknown creature that had dinner and took a major dump on our porch on both nights. And jungle noises. Plus we were at the end of electricity and the lights were as dim as they can get. Naturally, and just because it's me, I went barefoot in the room and I stepped on a frog. It took about two hours to get the damn thing out of the room. Of course if my suggestion to kill the bastard was taken on board it would have been much quicker.
We also visited the national park there where there's supposedly the biggest flower in the world (80 cm diameter) that blooms only once a year and for only four days, but we didn't see it. That's OK though, we'll probably create some fakes, you know, paper flowers, a bit exagerated to cover the horizon etc.
Now we're in Ao Nang, Thailand, a beach resort and everything looks OK. Tomorrow will go snorkelling close to the islands where they filmed "The beach" (we're not going to the actual spot cause I hate Leonardo Di Crapio and the movie).
Happy Xmas everybody.
Vassilis
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posted by: Violetta&Herakles (reply)
post date: 12.22.04 (2:09 pm)
Paidakia geia xara!
Parakolouthoume to site syxna kai rixnoume apeiro gelio me tis perigrafes kai tis peripeteies sas! Oraies oi photos kai perimenoume ki alles! Edo ola trexoun me grigorous rythmous kai epitelous hrthan oi giortines meres! Monaxa ores mas xorizoun apo th Madrith!!
Kai den kratiomaste! Exoume great plans (shopping, of course!) kai ekdromes, boltes, k.l.p. To Hraklaki phre proagogi kai to giortazoume gia arketes meres, ego exo arxisei douleia se mia etairia sto Londino kai perimenoume akoma kalytera nea mesa sto 2005!
Na sas eyxithoume KALA MAKROVOYTIA, PROSOXH STIS MAIMOUDES KAI TA VATRAXIA KAI KALH SYNEXEIA STO TAXIDI! Tha ta poume pali otan epistrepsoume (3/1/05). Filares!!!!!!!
Xaroumena Xristougenna kai me to kalo na sas doume otan epistrepsete!!!!!
posted by: Vic (reply)
post date: 12.23.04 (1:20 am)
Poly kales euxes apo Athina, kai kathysterhmena Xronia Polla gia ta genethlia tou Vassili!
Pinelopi, take it easy me to shopping, h toulaxiston dwsta sto Vassili na ta koubalaei!
Poly kales bouties (den perimena pote na dwsw tetoia euxh Xristougenna!) kai prosoxh pou patate, pou aggizete, pou koimosaste, kai loipa!
posted by: Vicky (reply)
post date: 12.23.04 (4:41 am)
Kala Xristougenna na exete paidakia... Kai na valete kai kammia foto akoma gia na exo na vlepo otan gyriso apo tin adeia mou.... Isos do tin pinelopi pio mauri apo mena tote !!! :-))))
Polla polla filakia!!!!
:-)
posted by: iliana (reply)
post date: 12.23.04 (10:34 pm)
opou kai an eiste paidia xronia polla!
edo sto xolarfo xtypane koudounia gia kalanta!
kalous dromous naxete!
posted by: exantas (reply)
post date: 12.24.04 (12:58 am)
Reply to: iliana
Efxaristoume poly, xronia polla.
posted by: Lars (reply)
post date: 12.28.04 (3:13 am)
Good to see that you are still in top form, I think that there is something about women and killing animals, if we men weren't around there, women would die of starvation because they feel sorry for that poor little cow/sheep/rabbit/spider/frog...
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