a sad goodbye to india, hello (again) to thailand

so im back in thailand now but this time im down in the islands. at the moment im on phi phi don which is near where they filmed that leonardo movie, 'the beach'. aaaaaanyway....

so for our last few days in india i just did yoga, fit in 9 hours of painting and shopped till i dropped. it was such good times! i really miss india now, which i guess isnt surprising since i spent such a long time there. but oh the journey out....we took a sleeper bus (which means i got to stay in a disgusting coffin-like box in a bus) to mumbai. which was supposed to take 14 hours. gross already, right? oh but then it turned into EIGHTEEN HOURS. complete with me peeing on the side of the road. and roads that i wouldnt even really call roads. that's not even the worst of it but im not going to further discuss it cause the mere thought of that trip makes me wanna vomit uncontrollably and curl up into the fetal position.

so we arrived at 11 am and i had to spend the day in my dearly unloved mumbai. pros: got to eat at mcdonalds and buy hindi cds and dvds. cons: mumbai. so then it was off to the airport for a nite flight into kuala lumpur, then back to bangkok. it was a truly painful process going from udaipur to bangkok. oh but back on icky backpacker hole khao san road...me and mini were walking down the street proclaiming how they must have really spiffied up the damn place cause it all looks so clean and new! and then when we noticed that we both kept casually glancing down at our feet while walking in case we stepped in cow shit....khao san wasnt actually cleaner....we just werent in india anymore! oh how i'll miss the garbage and cow poopie.

and so it was a nite in bangkok (highlights: mcdonalds with BEEF!!!!! and of course...shopping.)and then next morning off we go to krabi island where we stayed on...ao nang beach? something like that. its been a bit of a culture shock coming from india and it was here that i noticed how wierd it was to walk on actual sidewalks again and that i didnt really remember how to cross the road properly. oh, india!

it wasnt particularly happening and on mini's birthday we ended up at some beach club that only had middle age drunks slobbering all over each other and thai hos. but still fun! oooooh but what i find truly exciting is that i finally got to watch the new harry potter movie! id been trying to watch it since fucking delhi but somehow never could.....so finally we rented a dvd player and bought a pirated dvd and there we have it! wheeee!

and now were on phi phi don as i said and fuck was i ever seasick on the boat over here! another journey id like to forget....but omg my BED here! in india they dont seem to know what a real bed is. i dont think i ever slept on an actual spring mattress the whole time i was there, it was always a thin sheet of foam with flat pillows. oh but my bed here! i have a/c, a spring mattress, fat-ass pillows and a wonderful fluffy comforter! i think i slept for like 11 hours last nite. anyway, its pissing rain down here on the islands but yesterday it didnt so i got a nice afternoon at the beach. white sand and turquoise water, how purdy. oh but now its PISSING rain yet again! the boys have been off since early this morning for scuba diving but i have a gimp lung so i plan on shopping while theyre off. but for now i think its time for lunch! i plan on posting pics REAL soon!