Jayda:
Chris is uploading pictures and too exhausted to write so I will write our last Thai blog.
I cannot believe that we have been here almost a month as I stare at the vicious rash on my leg. Tomorrow is our last day in Thailand. It has been an adventure to say the least but yet we have had an amazing time! We have wrecked a scooter, been so sick we couldn't get out of bed and had over a thousand dollars stolen from us. Still, this has been one of our favorite places and we hope to return one day. Their culture is far from what we think of as normal. There is no real laws or rules. It is all corrupt and you have to really know what you are doing at times or you will be ripped off for sure. The food is delicious yet horrible for me. The beaches are phenomenal! I have never seen anything like it in my life. The water is so blue and crystal clear. I really dreaded leaving the islands. Unfortunately we had to return to Bangkok today to get ready to fly out. There is much shopping here but also an abundance of tourists and crowded streets. I have learned many important lessons while here. The Thai people are completely different, not good or bad just different, from us in more ways than not. Although we have met many kind and generous people this says little for the population as a whole. They just think very differently. And as I said before, I have gained even more appreciation for my own country. These people do not have a justice system or the freedoms we receive as Americans. Tomorrow we head for Hong Kong. I am sad because I have become so comfortable and accustomed to the ways here yet I am ready for a new adventure. Soon we will be back home. I will be ecstatic to see my pets and family and friends yet I have no clue what life has in store for us. It will be back to the depressing world of our awful economy and dreadful job searching. Hopefully potential employers will realize that we have learned more on this trip than many people learn in a lifetime. I have gained new insight to myself and the world around me. I feel that our traveling has only begun(sorry mom) and
that there is much in our future.
Chris is uploading pictures and too exhausted to write so I will write our last Thai blog.
I cannot believe that we have been here almost a month as I stare at the vicious rash on my leg. Tomorrow is our last day in Thailand. It has been an adventure to say the least but yet we have had an amazing time! We have wrecked a scooter, been so sick we couldn't get out of bed and had over a thousand dollars stolen from us. Still, this has been one of our favorite places and we hope to return one day. Their culture is far from what we think of as normal. There is no real laws or rules. It is all corrupt and you have to really know what you are doing at times or you will be ripped off for sure. The food is delicious yet horrible for me. The beaches are phenomenal! I have never seen anything like it in my life. The water is so blue and crystal clear. I really dreaded leaving the islands. Unfortunately we had to return to Bangkok today to get ready to fly out. There is much shopping here but also an abundance of tourists and crowded streets. I have learned many important lessons while here. The Thai people are completely different, not good or bad just different, from us in more ways than not. Although we have met many kind and generous people this says little for the population as a whole. They just think very differently. And as I said before, I have gained even more appreciation for my own country. These people do not have a justice system or the freedoms we receive as Americans. Tomorrow we head for Hong Kong. I am sad because I have become so comfortable and accustomed to the ways here yet I am ready for a new adventure. Soon we will be back home. I will be ecstatic to see my pets and family and friends yet I have no clue what life has in store for us. It will be back to the depressing world of our awful economy and dreadful job searching. Hopefully potential employers will realize that we have learned more on this trip than many people learn in a lifetime. I have gained new insight to myself and the world around me. I feel that our traveling has only begun(sorry mom) and
that there is much in our future.
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