Last night in Thailand!!!

Sa wat dee ka, everyone. That means "hello" in Thai. I have yet to use it on a native because I'm really self-conscious. Chris said: Now you know how I feel when I try to speak Korean. Yes, well...

Anyway, we took a 6 hour bus ride back from Koh Chang. We left our bungalow around 9am, and waited on the side of the road for a passing taxi to pick us up. Luckily, we only had to wait about 3 minutes. However, we got stuck in Sunday traffic - everyone's trying to get on the ferry to go back to the mainland. It was so bad that we all ended up getting off and WALKING to the ferry with our luggage. Thankfully, it was only a 1.5 km walk, but still with the ever-present humidity it felt longer.... we were dripping in sweat and our shoulders ached from the weight of our baggage rubbing against our sunburns. :(

The ferry ride was about half an hour, and then we ate a late breakfast at the bus stop. We also had ice cream to cool down. Then, around 11:45am we boarded the bus and...we arrived back at Khao San Road a little after 6pm. -_- We should've gotten back sooner but our two rest stops ended up being half an hour each - I don't know what it is with Asians always shopping. At the first rest stop, practically every Thai person went grocery shopping.. it took forever for the bus to hit the road again.

And when we did, it started pouring which wasn't a big deal until the water started leaking from the overhead lights onto me. Some of the other passengers were also getting wet and we started using the curtains to catch the droplets. *sigh* However, the curtains would begin to sag with all of the water weight and begin to drip again. I couldn't even take a proper nap because water would randomly drip on my leg, arm, or head. I took out a plastic bag and used it to catch the water.

In addition, during the bus ride a foreigner started vomiting. Thankfully, he had a bag to catch it but then it started leaking...errr.. and then the smell started wafting over.. GAH. I really felt for the guy because of what I had to go through on the plane.. but at least I was able to make it to the bathroom. (Although, on the bus ride to the airport I puked in a bag as well -_-) Also, I think I was a little more sympathetic because I thought he was cute..hehe.

I mentioned earlier that we're sunburned. We went on a 4 island tour a few days ago and went snorkeling all day, so basically it's our backs that are burned. Mine isn't too bad; I'm more tan, but Chris is pretty red and he has sun blisters. :(

Well, soon we will walk around and enjoy the last night here in Thailand. Can't believe we've been away from home for over three months! I miss everyone, and everything. Chris and I always talk about which foods we want to eat when we get home. We've been really good at being up-to-date with the show Lost but we haven't been able to catch the past two weeks' episodes. So, on Wednesday night we'll have to watch those AND the two hour season finale. We already planned what to eat for dinner: buffalo chicken calzone with french fries from Spinner's. Haha..