on Koh Chang...
Allo Allo,I'm on a nice Thai island at the moment, it's in the Gulf of Thailand in the west of the country, very very close to the Cambodian border... 'Chang' means elephant in Thai and there are a few on this island... it's also the second largest island in Thailand...
Just arrived this evening, was on the ferry as the sun was setting over the ocean and it was beautiful... will post pics as soon as can get them off my phone, lol.
Apart from that... Thailand has been quite cool thus far. I've managed to navigate their public bus system, caught the sky train and a ferry down the river. I managed to lose my sunglasses in that river... but then bought new ones straight away at a road-side stall (cheap!)
I talked to a friendly monk who helped me board a ferry (there are no fake monks asking for money here... such a relief) and visited the amazing Royal Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The latter was particularly beautiful and just sitting inside it and reflecting felt so peaceful. Apart from that, the great amount of "stupid farang" here really annoys me... that's the word Thais use for foreigner and there are a lot of stupid ones. The worst are the old men with the young Thai girls... UGHUGHUGH me and Lucy have been so horrified by them.
And I have to agree with every other guidebook and foreigner who says this... but Thai people are lovely. They are so friendly, always smiling, clean, dignified and happy... the way they lead their lives with not a care in the world is often inspiring. Sure there are some unfriendly ones... like the stupid bitch at immigation who wouldn't let me through because I couldn't put an Bangkok address on the arrival card (I didnt know the address of the house I was staying... so I had to write the address of a random hotel in my guidebook and pretend I was staying there to get in, sheesh)
Well the conference is next weekend, faci bonding this Tuesday and faci prep on Wednesday... I can't wait to get back into some serious AIESEC work again! And I can't wait to go to the conference and hang out with the Thai delegates... the AIESECers I've met here are all fantastic, especially the MC team... Rina, Pui, Rob... super-CEEDer Lucy and minister mentor Weaw... love you guys!
posted by LX @ 3:58 AM
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