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I have now recovered from the trekking but I couldnt even turn my head yesterday because my body was in so much pain! We went to a thai boxing match after I last wrote and it was really funny. The fighters weren't actually very good because it was just an amateur thing but there was one fight with 3 kids blindfolded and they just had to wander around the swing for anything they could. It was hilarious and the ref got smacked in the face a few times. I was loving it!
Then I was supposed to be cooking on Friday but when I checked the itinary it was all things like steamed fish and prawns which I hate so I would never have cokked it again. I checked the weather for the islands and tit is all thunder storms so I decided to follow Peter further North to this little hippy village 4 hours north of Chaing Mai in the middle of the mountians called Pai. We got a minibust for about 2 pound each and left on Friday afternoon. Then after about half an hour they made us swap to a different bus and then half an hour before we arrived we had to swap again! There wasn;t enough seats in the last one though so all our stuff was strapped to the top and a few girls had to sit on their boyfriends knees!!
We met an american girl called Morgan on the minibus who is travelling alone too so she has joined our gang. She feel off a motorbike in the islands 2 weeks ago and so is not having a very good time because she can't do anything as her foot is all strapped up. Pai is suppsed to be famous for people arriving for a stay of a few days but then staying for years because it is so laid back and everywhere plays bob marley so nobody wants to leave.
There is a music festival here today so all the guest houses were pretty pakced last night so it was really hard to find a room. In the end we got a great little bungalow for the 3 of us for about 3 pound a night each which is quite expensive but it has its own bathroom, tv and porch. I love it. Me and Morgan share a double bed and Peter has a single but it means I have to put up with his snoring now!
We all went out for some dinner and buckets of sangsom whiskey last night so we were ghammered. Morgan is sure that me and Peter have known each other for years because we are always telling each other to shut up and I keep hold of his cigarettes and ration them out to him! It was agreat night anyway and we met some people that we had met in Chaing Mai. They have been coming here for 10 years and said that everyone in chaing mai is talking about mine and peter's trip and how dangerous it was. They are going to have a word with the tour people when they get back to chaing mai to complain for us because we didn;t bother. Everyone is too chilled out here so we knew they wouldn't care if we complained.
Anyway we drank a few buckets and then went for a quick stop to the internet cafe but we ended up staying in there for ages drunk dialling everyone and sending out drunken emails. It cost me a fortune! By the time we had left everything was closed! Its weird here because it is so quiet at night with no taxis or anything and its really cold too so I need to buy some jeans (what a shame!) Its boiling during the day though wiuth is brilliant.
I saw in the paper today that the islands are all flooeded and people are trapped there so I might not be able to go there at all. I'm thinking I might be one of the people who gets trapped in Pai!
I was feeling a bit homesick and sorry for myslef yesterday because I was sore and covered in cuts but I'm much better today. I listened to my ipod the whole way here on the minibus and every single song reminds me of somebody or a fun night in Corfu or one of the bbqs. I think I'm very lucky to have such a fun bunch of nutters for family and friends and its all your fault if I'm homesick because your all too much fun!
I'm going off for a wander for a few hours now which could be dangerous because all the clothes and art work here is really lovely so I might spend a fortune! Then the music festival starts at 4pm so it could be a messy one tonight. I've finally put my clothes in for washing today so I will have a clean towel for the first time in 2 weeks, I'm soo gross!!
I hope you all have a good weekend and I advise you all to find a bucket, put half a bottle of whiskey in it, a can of coke and a can of red bull. Then stick in a few straws and get drinking!!
Miss you millions xxx
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