Friday, May 9, 2008

List

Alright, it's what you've all been waiting for, a list. A list of some of the things we've seen here, good and bad:

1. Elephants walking down a major (i.e. 4 lanes each direction) road way. (Jill: It was Rama II, just outside Campus 2). Just walking down the road with people on their backs.

2. Packs of dogs everywhere. Some of the ugliest dogs you can imagine. One evening a pack of 5 dogs started following me and another girl and one nipped at my hand. Then more people came along so they stopped.

3. Geckos. Everywhere. Tonnes and tonnes of them on the sides of buildings and walls.

4. The aftermath of a serious motorcyle accident. We were on a major highway out of Bangkok and I don't think the person survived. It was really jarring. So many people ride these motorcycle/scooter things everywhere, there are no traffic rules and few people wear helmets. Going down a major highway at fast speeds between other vehicles you don't have much of a chance in an accident.

5. Many interesting fruits. Mangosteens, rambutans, dragon fruit, durian, etc.

Okay, just a quick list for now. We're off to Kanchanburi in 2 hours. We are planning on climbing a waterfall tomorrow morning and either going on a safari or going to a tiger temple in the afternoon. Should be lots of fun!

2 comments:

Duecks said...

Sounds like things are off to a great start, geckos and elephants and all.
We had lunch in Coulee...no baby yet!
SMD

Unknown said...

Found ya!

I love reading other's thoughts on Thailand. Yours, in particular because you're mostly whisked away where I am not so you have different experiences than I do. And you went to Ko Chang!?

I have the collection of known Thailand bloggers to the right of my blog:

http://everydayramny.blogspot.com

Feel free to comment as well. :)