At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)

* note. I'll post my Bangkok entries later, possibly. They aren't as interesting as these, however.

So, I'm at my house in Trang right now. Today, we woke up around 8, and headed off to the Chinese Shrine that is in town. It was awesome. I was able to light these insents, and we had to place them in specific places. The hot ash was super hot when it'd land on my feet- you need to be barefoot. Also, the smoke gave me a pretty bad headache, as smoke seems to always do. So that semi-sucked.
After we did that, we planted some Mangrove Trees. Fun fact: Trang was one of the only (if not the only) province that wasn't (badly) affected by the Tsuanmi because of these trees. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4547032.stm). What we did was we took a boat from a pier- about a half hour from the house that I'm at, and then we found a spot. Apperently, the queen has started a project here, that has to do with planting them to save lifes.
After that, we went down to this really awesome cave. If we had any doubt if my surgery fixed my knees, it is ALL gone now. The cave was just intense, and I fell a couple of times in the mud. Good thing I was wearing my black suit. I can't even begin to explain how pretty the cave is, so I'll show you pictures.

We then went to the beach, which was fun, and I almost died because the current was reallyyyy strong, and it was SO windy, so that was interesting, but fun. the water made hawaii feel cold.

anyway. i'm so tired. that's all for now.

Great Big World

I AM IN THAILAND! What an amazing country. I'm going to write a longer entry today (at breakfast, probably) about everything that I did.

I LOVE IT HERE

All in Good Time

Last night, I finally, finally finally finished packing! I'm pretty much all ready to go- I cannot wait until I leave! Although I'm pretty sure tomorrow, tuesday, and Wednesday are going to be the longest days EVER. It's sort of insane!

I can't wait to get to Bangkok, and actually start exploring a bit, then obviously down to Trang!

Got A Suitcase, Got Regrets

I've finally made a list of what I need to do.

Today consists of vital things called "procrastination". I'm also going to Verizon to make sure my phone is going to work in Thailand.
But it's Thursday. And that means that The Office, Community, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Infomania! is on tonight.

Tomorrow, in all seriousness, I'm going to be packing like a crazy person. Or wait, I lied. I'm going sailing. Tomorrow night.

Maybe.

This will probably happen, in all truthieness (to quote Colbert) Sunday.

Goodbye Waves and Driveways

I totally thought it was hard to pack for school in Illinois, but packing for two months in Thailand is so much harder. For one, if I needed something, I could call my mom and tell her. Then, in a couple of days, I can expect a package. That and food would typically be with it. No more with this. Pretty much if I forget something, I'm screwed.

My trip is coming up really, really soon. My flight plan is insane. My dad (one of the coolest people in the world) has wanted to go to Thailand again for a long time, so he's coming with me to spend a couple of days in Bangkok before I go down to Trang.

I leave my house at 11 PM, Monday night. My flight leaves LAX to get to Hong Kong at 1:50 AM (Tuesday) . I get to Hong Kong on Wednesday (gotta love the dateline. And the 16 hour flight). Then, I fly down to Bangkok. I'll be in the city until Saturday, when I arrive in Trang, and then I start meeting everyone, etc. I can't wait. But at the same time, I'm so nervous. And still don't know what to pack.

Until I figure it out, I'm going to watch So You Think You Can Dance and then Glee. And feel less talented about myself, and then.. maybe make a dent in this.

well, I'm going to India now!

such an overdue update. a lot more coming.

first off:

THAILAND UPDATE!

I'm going! I made the money! I need to pay my parents back... not as bad as I thought, but I'm SUPER happy I made 95% of the money! I also went on a sweet shopping extravaganza, so that was really fun. I got some ray bans that i really wanted.

So in Thailand, I'm going to be flying to Hong Kong, then connecting to Bangkok. I'll be spending 4 days (or three...) with my dad in the city. I'm really excited for this!

Then, I fly down to Trang, where I'll be living for 6 WEEKS! I seriously.. can't wait! I've started talking to some people, and that even makes it more excited.

second off...

india update?!
I'm going to... INDIA!? in january. hopefully. probably. you only live ONCE, and i'm living it up!


OK. now... background! Oh man, I've filmed SO much. Now that they've mostly aired, I can talk about them! Soo... here we go...

with next post... make it or break it!

-annie