last night it started raining and it would not let up. i’m not talking light showers, i’m talking about a hardcore downpour. pretty soon the streets were all flooding and you were walking thru water as you navigated the city. luckily we were able to grab a few umbrellas, and tom bought this hella funny looking “raincoat” which looked like a cheap trashbag but bright yellow. being in the rain here is awesome! i’ve always really loved it when it rained back home. there’s definitely something fun and exciting about it… but it’s always really been too cold to enjoy. not here. here you can walk around, and it’s warm and wonderful and you can really enjoy the rain to it’s fullest.<\/p>\n
we spent most of the night just walking around town, eating a few times, and getting drinks. heh, at the bar we were at, they didnt have vodka on the menu so we asked them what kind of hard alcohol they had. they said bacardi, so we asked to get bacardi mixed in w\/ a fruitshake. little did we know, that bacardi actually meant bacardi breeze (those wine cooler things)… the outcome was quite weird and had practically no alcohol in it.<\/p>\n
the bungalow i stayed in last night was pretty jacked. it wasn’t really sealed from the outside well, so there were all sorts of bugs flying in it, and a huge ugly spider. and the bathroom… well…. um… lets just say i had to shower at tom and jamie’s place the next morning instead of at mine.<\/p>\n
it turned out that the ferry back to kho tao was at noon, so i had to leave early. just as i got to the ferry dock, it really started to pour. i didnt bring my umbrella, and there was no cover or rooftops anywhere nearby, so along with the rest of the ferry-bound passengers, we all just stood in the rain and got drenched. completely drenched. for like 15 minutes straight. buy you know what, it was actually really nice. standing there on the docks, dripping w\/ water in the warm clean air, looking at the lush hillside of the tropical island… is definitely gonna be one of those moments that stand out in my trip. one of those mental snapshots that are so vivid and clear that you can pull them out again and again later in life to enjoy…<\/p>\n
back on kho-tao, i rented another scooter and was off. it’s so weird.. i’m really starting to get the hang of this traveling stuff. another weird thing is that every single morning so far i have woken up in a new bed in a different place. it’s so funny to wake up and spend those first few seconds trying to comprehend just exactly where you ended up and how. tonight, i’m staying in the same bungalow as before on kho tao, so this’ll be the first time i spend more than one night in a place. so this place almost feels like home now.. heh.<\/p>\n
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