Friday, November 23, 2007

Just another day in Thailand...

A wee quick adventure tale from across the big blue...my roommate, Jessica, is now renting a car, called The Champ, and so we all three, Jess, Damaris, and I, went on our first car adventure to the Huay Mae Sai Waterfall, probably about 20 km away from our house. We all brought books to read, water to drink (as there is a hike prior to taking in the beauty of the waterfall), a snack, and our cameras to take snapshots.



We drive there pretty quickly, following the signs that are thankfully in English. The hike isn't too bad, and we are sitting quietly reading our books when a couple of Europeans come hiking up and take off their clothes and begin swimming in the waterfall (thankfully they had swimsuits on), then four thai boys probably between the ages of 15 and 20 do the same but without swimsuits...only boxers or tighty whities. They slid off the rocks into the water, they dove off the rocks into the water, and splashed about together while we were trying to read. It was a surreal experience.

Then we hiked down and started our drive home, but Damaris had this great idea to follow this one random sign to see if it would take us home quicker. I was hesitant, but up for an adventure. Jessica quickly drove off onto this dirt road and we were off for a 30 minute dirt road extravaganza which involved bushes and trees poking in the window at me, somewhat ruined roads by torrential rains, and coming to the end of what was not a quicker route home. Jessica turned the car around which involved Damaris getting out to help and then me getting out to push the car back over a ridge once Jessica went a little too far. All in all, a grand dirt road adventure.

Finally, we got back to the cement roads of civilization, made our way home, and are enjoying a nice slice of apple pie left over from Thanksgiving dinner and a cup of green tea. In an hour, we are getting dressed, heading downtown to the night bazaar to do some christmas shopping and getting some lebanese food for dinner.

just another day in Thailand...

1 comment:

Jon Dale said...

Yummy, Lebanese food. Sounds like fun. Upload pics of the waterfall for us to see.