It's been a while

Due to high demand, I am making a new entry.

I went to Tokyo in mid-October and found it to be kind of boring. The people were extremely friendly, the girls were cute, the city was clean, but other than that, there was not much to see or do. I managed to get miserably sick on the trip, so I walked around like a zombie. I lost my appetite, so the food didn't taste good either. I realized that I would much rather see cultural attractions than modern buildings and skyscrapers. Boring. I can see that in Hong Kong. I should've gone to Osaka...


This past weekend, I skipped two days of school and went to Thailand: Bangkok, Phuket, and Koh Phi Phi. I did the usual in Bangkok - temples, Muay Thai (boxing), rode a tuk-tuk, and got a lovely Thai massage for two hours. Thai boxing turned out to be super expensive. It's a good thing I got to see some blood-shedding. Otherwise, I don't know if it was worth the 1600 Baht.




The Thai massage wasn't as relaxing as I imagined. It actually hurt a lot when the woman was pressing against my back. I couldn't figure out how to breathe either. I like how she stretched me though. She made my back pop in ways I didn't know were possible.


Phuket: I stayed in a hotel owned by this man from Colorado. It rained at night, so I didn't go out. Instead, I went swimming at the hotel. That's where I met the owner.

Koh Phi Phi: The poor island was hit by the tsunami, so it didn't look anything like the tropical island it once was. I took a boat out to Phi Phi Leh and went snorkelling. I walked on the beach that "The Beach" was filmed on.


On the way back to Phuket, one of the boat's engines quit working, so it put us 40 minutes behind schedule. Those were the exact 40 minutes we needed to catch our flight to Bangkok. We missed the flight and had to buy a new ticket on another airline in order to be in Bangkok in time to make our flight back to Hong Kong.

I also got darker. I did NOT expect to get tan on this study abroad trip! From now on, it's long sleeves, jeans, and SPF 45!!! Apparently, Teresa and I look Thai, Filipino, Singaporean, and Malaysian. Wrong...all wrong.

Sorry this entry sucks. I didn't feel like writing much.