sorry sorry internet is so expensive here I haven't been able to afford to update this. I am quite low on money and surviving on 2 meals a day and swigs of nasty thai whisky out of a plastic bottle I keep in my bag. Classy!
The last week of teaching with Real Gap wasn't great. Well I had a lovely time but the teaching was awful, there was no point in us being there at all. The staff at the school didnt really know what to do with us, so would push us into a classroom with the instructions of "teach them jobs" and then stand at the back telling the children all the answers. Several times they made us teach time to children who couldn't tell the time in thai which was pretty painful. But they gave us a glass of hot chocolate every morning so it wasn't all bad. And when we left they gave us a china cup with a lid and a saucer with the name of the school on. Ptobably the least practical present to give someone who is backpacking but still it was very nice. We only actually taught for about 3 hours a day so the rest of the time Nina, Rach and I lay about in our room sleeping and laughing at Rach. We had some really good parties, one we went to Lemon house and all got quite drunk. We fitted 16 people into 1 car and Nina and Rach rode on the roof. Our last night we had a fashion disaster party at ours. Rach and I invented an amazing drinking game called Killer Dice. That's about where my memory of the night ends but it was a great game. And there was the whole situation with the Israeli guy that I had on my facebook. It got a bit wierd. I lost a game of backgammon to this chap and so he said I had to give him a back massage. I agreed thikning he was a normal person. Then we went to a party and he cornered me and spent the whole evening stroking my leg and telling me that he new a secret bush where we could go and be 'spontanious' together. I was terrified and bluddy Rach did nothing to help me as she was to busy perving over a boy she thinks looks like Edward Cullen. Eventually I escaped to the toilet and stayed there for ages until he went to talk to someone else. The next day he kept creeping up on me and whispering "I haven't forgotton about my massage" in my ear, and just generally following me around. He followed me to the internet and tried to make me talk to his family on Skype. Then he followed me to my room and I had to have a break up chat with him and tell him I wouldn't give him a massage as he had scared me to much. Really really wierd. And now apparently he's on Ko Pha Ngan and asking everyone where I'm staying!!! aaaarg.
Urm other stories from that week...can't really remember but both Rach and Eli were really cool and we miss them lots.
Nina and I left for Bangkok on the Saturday. Mike and I decided to leave the Real Gap program early because it just wasn't that good. They looked after us really well and I don't want to slag them off too much but what was advertised and what it's actually like are just so different and I really didn't like it. So we got to Bangkok and met up with Mike, Livia and Bella and Mike and I crept into Nina's posh room at the Royal hotel becuase we're too pikey to pay for our own room. Did a bit of shopping and went to Patpong night market which was really wierd, I have never seen so many prostitues or been offered so many different 'pussy' options. Had a bit of a night out but i was trying to save money for Ko Tao so went back pretty early. Mike was horribly ill all night so don't think Nina was that pleased to have us both in there. The next morning we all had to run past the maids cleaning the rooms we were so scared they were going to catch us all in there and fine us the 500B a person fine. Mike and I spent the day by the pool and he got a bit better.
Coach to Ko Tao was ok, except we had these IDIOTS sitting behind us. They were proper little rich kids and kept telling 'hilarious' stories about their sex lives and taking about using Daddy's credit card (they actually said that) in really loud voices in the middle of the night. Then 2 of them started having sex in the seat behind me. I hated them so much and they keep popping up everywhere we go. I think they are the 1st people I have met travelling who I hate.
Got to Ko Tao and did our PADI Open Water with DJL Dive school who are brilliant. We paid 9,500B and got 4 nights accomodation for free. And the instructors and everyone there are just really cool and there's a nice bar and swimming pool. Diving was awsome, we went to Chumphon Pinnacle and it was really clear and we saw a whale shark! And just loads of other cool fish. Loved diving. (Sorry I'm trying to do this quickly!) We went out on Sairee Beach a couple of times, Lotus bar was really cool. Last night I managed to pull someone normal. On Friday Mike and I left the others and went over the other side of the island to Ao Leuk. It was so beautiful, really clear turquoise water with loads of coral, white sand and lots of bolders dotted about. We could see the sea from our bungalow (Ao Leuk Bungalows, 450B a night) and just spent 3 days chilling there it was so lovely. Hired a snorkel on the last day and floated about in the water. Nina and Livia came to sea us and Livia made us all go skinny dipping in the middle of the afternoon. Crazy Swiss.
Then Monday we got a boat over here the Ko Pha Ngan where we are staying for far too long until the full moon party on Sunday. We are staying in an amazing place though, it's called Lighthouse Bungalows and it's in Had Rin but on the very southern tip next to Leela Beach. We have to walk along a big wooden walkway over rocks and the sea to get there and it's so quiet and lovely it feels like we're miles away from everything. And it's only 250B (a fiver) a night! First night we got here it was the half moon party so we got a taxi there and had a really good night. Except those whisky buckets are lethal, both Nina and I got a bit paraletic, although Mike looked after me and I was ok. Realy good night though. Oh and Kate is here as in Mike's Kate from home. She stayed with us the first night but is now staying at Reggae hut in town. Last night we had a quiet night although Nina and Bella went to the pool party, and today we've hired motorbikes and are off exploring. Pop's don't read this bit but the roads are aaawful. They aren't paved and have big craters in and vertical hills. I have been so scared. I think the bit we're doing this afternoon is paved though. We went up to a beach in the North East and lay about in hammocks and then to a rubbish waterfall. Kate's taking us off to a fishing village now and we're going to some nice beach to watch the sunset.
I'll try and update this a bit more often, sorry it's not that detailed but basically we're having a lovely time. Loads more photos are on the camera and when I next find cheap internet I'll upload them xx
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