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Hello one and all!
Welcome to the first blog entry from Tom and Maria!! Arrived here about five days ago now. Took us ages to get back to our hotel cos the traffic round here is a nightmare! Anyway we stayed at a place called the Buddy Lodge which was expensive for Thailand but was worth it for the first couple of nights whilst we settled in. Maria warned me not to get too used to this and she was right- the next place we stayed in wasn't quite as luxurious- basically a room with a bed!
Anyway we've met a few people about- one drunk guy called Steve who proceeded to tell us his life story and about how he only had 50 quid to last him two weeks!! Didnt stop him spending most of it on beer that night! I've also had a run in with one of the locals- getting taken for a ride on my first night. Some eight yr old beat me at thumb wars (something i take very seriously!) and ran off with some of my money- he did give me a rose in exchange but it fell apart in two minutes- thats thai quality for you! Maria seemed to find it hilarious- even if i didn't!
Hi Maria here! Thailand seems quite different to the last time i was here. I dont remeber having to keep my wits about me as much as i do now or maybe thats just because i was young and happy getting pissed the whole time! Im a wholesome traveller these days!!! (not really i still like my thai whiskey!) So yer it seems like its pretty hard to trust what most thai people say when they are around tourists they just want to sell you something basically. We were taken for a ride (literally) by a tuk tuk driver saying he was taking us to a government tourist office when really he was taking us to some scammers. We didnt fall for it though and i told him straight and i think he thought i was funny cos i was getting agitated with him! It was fine anyway and we have managed to book our train ticket to Chiang Mai for our trek at the train station (the proper way!) without any problems and we leave tomorrow night on a sleeper train (from what i remember not the nicest!).
Anyway all is good and we are getting in to the spirit of it all now. Looking forward to the trek and we'll be in touch again soon! Hope you are all well and haven't forgotten about us already!
Take care
Tom and Maria xxx
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