~We have learned that hospitals don’t have band-aids, hotels don’t have pillows and bathrooms don’t have toilet paper.
~We went to a place for dinner the other night and sat at a table on the floor. We had pillows and could lay down. They were showing the movie The Dictator with the guy who was in Bruno and Borat. It’s pretty funny. There were some anti-American jokes in the movie and I noticed some of the people around us looking for our reaction. It’s funny how you can glance at a person and take a pretty good guess at where they’re from. What gives it away for us? Jesse’s American flag speedo? My nails painted red, white and blue? Just kiddin! I am quite patriotic but not stupid. You must be safe while in foreign countries because some people might have strong opinions (not about you personally, but about the country you’re from.) I find, most of the time, if you treat people well, they will do the same.
~On some menus, they will have guacamole listed or California rolls -but no one seems to know what an avocado is in this part of the world and the guacamole and rolls are never available. Weird.
~I was just talking to someone about how nice all the people were on koh lipe island- then the next day while I was sitting under a tree near a coffee house (innocently using their free wifi) the owner comes out with a big bucket of water and threatens to throw it at me. He said “You! Out!” Geesh. I would have bought a cup of coffee or something if he would have asked me to.
~Some groups of people like to be color coded when doing an activity together. I’ve seen groups walking around together with color coded stickers and a person with the same colored flag leading them in the front (to a boat, a hotel, whatever.) Some people even go so far as to all wear matching tshirts and hats. I, admittedly, do not have the keenest sense of direction- but it seems a bit overkill. That being said, I did like watching them move through the island every now and again and I can guarantee no one from their groups ever get lost so I shouldn’t be making fun!
Monthly Archives: February 2013
“The more I see, the less I know for sure.” -John Lennon
“Nothing, everything, anything, something. If you have nothing then you have everything because you have the freedom to do anything without the fear of losing something.” -Jarod kintz
I wish I could have met her…
I took a picture of a picture. I love the way this woman looks. She looks like she’s a no-nonsense lady with a funky fashion sense. Her corn cob pipe completes the look. Love it!
Fish Feet
We got a pedicure from fish at this fish spa in koh lipe. It is a weird feeling. Em and Maddux said it felt like little spiders crawling all over your feet. I felt it was like little tiny suction cups all over. Lennon was a bit creeped out by it and didn’t want to fully immerse his feet. Definitely took a little getting used to, but we can say we did it!
New Fashion Craze & Guy from Myanmar (Burma)
These colorful lanterns are everywhere and they are lit up at night. The guy holding up Lennon is Eu (pronounced like ‘you’ without using the y sound.) Nice guy. Just kind of hangs on his hammock during the day, then sets up the bar area at night. He is from Myanmar (Burma) – we are headed there soon. He said all parts of the country are beautiful and if the people are as nice as him, we will be welcomed. Myanmar recently opened their borders to foreigners. We are looking forward to seeing people who live very simple lives. It was no small feat for Jesse to obtain visas for all of us, but we all got ’em! He had to go to their embassy in Singapore and speak to the ambassador who had the power to say ‘yay’ or ‘nay.’ Then he had to fill out a whole lot of paperwork, leave some photos and our passports, then travel back the next day to pick them up. Whew!
Great Bungalow in Koh Lipe
This was pretty big for what we’ve been staying in. The bottom and top weren’t connected- you had to get out and walk up the steps. Any time Maddux and I did that- the mosquitoes had a feeding frenzy. Check out one of Maddux’s bites on his eye. Good thing we’re taking anti-malarial pills daily! Whoops. I don’t have Maddux’s mosquito bite photo uploaded yet. Stay tuned… It’s a doozy! He had an elephant ankle one day, too. Some bites just make him swell up like crazy!
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