Monthly Archives: April 2017
Thailand Part 5
Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, our last two stops in Thailand, were some of our favorite time spent in the country. The taxi dropped us off at our hotel just outside the city center of Chiang Mai. I said hello in Thai to the lady working the front desk, who looked at me strangely and said, “Oh no, no no. You say like lady boy.” There are two different ways to say hello in Thai, one for a woman and one for a man and I had apparently spent almost two months in Thailand walking around saying hello to everyone like a girl. Awesome.
Thailand – Part 4
The line to get off of Koh Tao and onto a boat that would take us to the mainland and then onward to Bangkok was a mile long. It’s controlled chaos. Tourists are freaking out, thinking they’ll miss their boat and so they start doing stupid things like trying to cut the line. The locals are trying to keep everyone calm, but you could tell they were used to this mess. It was so very hot and it didn’t help that you’ve got your bags to carry with you. When the line started moving, we eventually got to a bend in the line where we would find cover from the afternoon sun and a girl tried to cut in front of us. I didn’t mean to yell at her, I promise, but…well she got the idea and headed towards the back of the line. Once we got on the boat it started raining on us, but it was a nice relief from standing in the hot sun for a couple of hours.
2crazybackpackers 