- Friday
- 8:30 departure time
- We all fell asleep for the first hour. No amount of twisting or sudden stops could have woken us up. And there was plenty of both. Deanna and I started making bets on how long before the driver killed us. We gave him ten minutes. Apparently he knew what he was doing because we made it back fine.
- Smelly Bazaar
- Our first stop was a bazaar centered around a natural hot spring with a geyser. That smelled like rotten eggs. And you had to pay to use the restroom. But at least there was toilet paper in the stalls.
- Pie
- Stopped at the "best pie place ever" according to Drexler. And it lived up to it's reputation. I had a chocolate pudding tasting slice. I couldn't finish it.
- Watched Lilith fight with a bee for her cake. She hates insects so she literally flew from her chair to get away from it. Then thought swearing would shoo it away. The bee cared more about the cake.
- Tea Plantation
- The beds were on wheels.
- There was a TV in the room so Donna and I watched some Thai shows. It was mostly soap operas. Really odd soap operas.
- I think most of us were really happy there was toilet paper and a flushing toilet.
- Market
- Went over to the market where we encountered some hard sellers. As in, when you came within five feet of their stall they swarmed you showing off all sorts of weird things that they sold. And they were in a compact area close together which made escape difficult since once you got away from one showing you owl key chains there was another one shoving pill boxes in your face. Not even Drexler could escape them.
- There were some dogs running around. Since I feel deprived of animal love I pet almost every animal I encounter. Drexler likes to make up stories about me and the animals, especially ones were the cats turn on me. I wasn't worried about petting stray animals until Donna told this story about a friend of hers getting mange from her new dog. Since then I have been more careful about which animals I touch.
- Saturday
- Left the plantation
- More driving!!
- Stopped at the market from last night to pick up anything we did not get the night before. I bought a color changing tea straining mug with a dragon on it. Can't wait to test it out!!
- Arrived at an even fancier hotel (Drexler warned us not to get used to such nice places).
- Such soft beds and pillows!!
- Walked to Burma
- It's a fifteen minute walk from the hotel we stayed at to the boarder
- Customs is pretty easy, they are just a little picky on some things
- Burma
- We were immediately ambushed by people trying to sell stuff. The funniest were the cigarette sellers. One told me "I love you" and walked off.
- Everyone we had talked to previously had gotten us super excited to shop in Burma. But we were let down. Nothing really stood out to us or if it did we weren't sure if it would fit or work in America
- Almost bought Game of Thrones season one for six dollars before realizing this
- Just looked it up, we do not
- Donna made off with a $200 wallet she bought for $60, the rest of us were not so lucky
- Although, I did get some crazy leggings
- We walked around the huge market there for two hours but nothing really interesting or memorable happened while there. Except we were in Burma. It would have been nice to do something else while there.
- Post-Burma
- Came back and took a nap for a long time.
- Drexler took us all out for ice cream around eight.
- While we were looking for some place to go we passed a moving pet shop full of fluffy dogs
- Drexler said no before I could ask to keep one
- Since Deanna and Karen had hit the market before Donna and I went to the night one. There was a live show that we caught the end of (not that it would make any difference since it was in Thai). Donna is an excellent shopper and got a couple good buys. I was not so lucky because my shirt is way too small and short.
- I did get two bags of cotton candy which made the night better
- Sunday
- Wine
- Wine is inexpensive in the city we were in but there was no one open last night so some of us were trying wine before nine in the morning
- I got apple and strawberry, which are both incredibly sweet
- Breakfast
- The fancy hotel did not offer breakfast so we loaded up before nine and drove to the golden triangle. We could see the banks of Burma and Laos at the restaurant we ate at.
- More Pie!!
- We stopped at the pie place on the way back. It was really busy there and breakfast was so filling we only had pie. I was given the last piece of chocolate mud pie by Karen and it was delicious.
- Bazaar
- Deanna had seen some whacky flowy pants on the way up when we stopped at the bazaar so she asked Drexler if we could stop again. He said no and it broke her heart. However, he told the driver to stop on the way so she and Karen got their flowy pants. They look comfy. Plus, the waist band is really stretchy so the pants would be good for a pregnant woman.
- This bazaar was right next to the first one, complete with hot spring. So I stuck my feet in the hot water and it felt so good.
- Market
- After we got back to the guesthouse Donna passed out so I went off to the Sunday Market. It was early and not incredibly crowded like usual. We walked around a lot, about a mile I think, but it felt good after being cooped up in the van all day
- Had some chocolate waffles for dinner
And that's the highlights from this weekend.
Lizard count: 7
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