OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM.......
well now i can give you all an update and get up to speed.
Phuket.
ghost town.
there is really not much there in the way of visitors, but i am told that is because it is the off season. i was starting to get worried that i was wasting my precious time in the wrong place so i tried to book a night ticket to Ko Phangyan so i could sleep on the bus and save cash on accomadation, and could only get and afternoon ticket so i thought i will make the most out of the day...
i got up at 8.30 which is early here becuase nothing opens untill ten o clock! (how GREAT is that?) and went to Phuket Zoo because i wanted to get a photo of me with a baby tiger like marik did when he came here. i tried t oexplain to the lady at the hotel that these tigers were at "fatasea" (a thai theme parkl) but she insisted i had to go to the zoo, so that is where i went.
when i got to the zoo and found the tiger i was shocked to not find the cute little baby thing that marik was holding but instead............................ this!!!
just to let you all know how scary this was, the man that was dealing with the tiger, the tiger trainer i suppose had only ONE ARM. yes, that's right ONE ARM!!! he was saying "its o.k its o.k come take photo, come take photo for 150B ($3.20) i reallyt did not trust a man with one arm with nothing but a piece of bamboo to control this huge tiger but i thought this is really the only chance i will get, and did it. as soon as you touch him, he made this sound that is the same sound that a cat makes when it is annoyed and put his ears down- THE EXACT SAME thing that misty or alex or pheobe would do when they are annoyed. i couldnt really pose because i was terrified, so i put my sunnies on and tried to hide the fear from my eyes! they told me that they call him ladyboy now because he has had the snip to calm him down, thats why he is so 'docile'. i wasnt so sure it has taken the spark out of him, and wouldn't count him down and out just yet!
around the corner i met Billy the orangataung who was so freindly and really funny. he was facinated with my tattoo and kept trying to lick it and pick it off! he was really well trined and he knew how to pose and putt the sunnies on on you paid him the money and he would go and give it to the handler. he really enjoyed being the center of attention. i want one!
i think it probably goes with out saying but the conditions of the zoo were pretty sub standard. i felt really bad after i left for giving them any money, because that is what is keeping them in the zoo- the fact that it generates profit.
ANYWAY................
first thing in the morning i caught the ferry to Ko Phangyang, a really beautiful island where they hold the 'full moon' partys and met a group of three irish girls that are here before they head off to austraila, and one irish guy who is here after staying in china for 6months, and i have stuck with them. they seem really nice and i am sharing a room with the guy richard as it really saves you cash. my room is 300B so we are getting it for 150B each which is like $3.50 PER NIGHT! he has been in china being around no one that speaks english and the three irish girls have been in a similar spot that i was- looking to see where everyone is! so we are all pretty stoked to have found company.
i will show you a picture of the beach we are staying on when i get some tonight. tommorow night they are having a "half moon party" which is apparenlty good but not quite as big as the full moon ones.
i wish i went here first, but i guess now i know.
Shit.
my camers just run out of battery and i left my adaptor in my suitcase back in bangkok!
i will have to hunt for another one.
sorry about my phone too guys!
i had run out of batteries and couldnt re charge it with out my adaptor- and i didnt have a charger because i wasn't sposed to even bring a phone. getting that fixed.
:-)
Love
xO
well now i can give you all an update and get up to speed.
Phuket.
ghost town.
there is really not much there in the way of visitors, but i am told that is because it is the off season. i was starting to get worried that i was wasting my precious time in the wrong place so i tried to book a night ticket to Ko Phangyan so i could sleep on the bus and save cash on accomadation, and could only get and afternoon ticket so i thought i will make the most out of the day...
i got up at 8.30 which is early here becuase nothing opens untill ten o clock! (how GREAT is that?) and went to Phuket Zoo because i wanted to get a photo of me with a baby tiger like marik did when he came here. i tried t oexplain to the lady at the hotel that these tigers were at "fatasea" (a thai theme parkl) but she insisted i had to go to the zoo, so that is where i went.
when i got to the zoo and found the tiger i was shocked to not find the cute little baby thing that marik was holding but instead............................ this!!!
just to let you all know how scary this was, the man that was dealing with the tiger, the tiger trainer i suppose had only ONE ARM. yes, that's right ONE ARM!!! he was saying "its o.k its o.k come take photo, come take photo for 150B ($3.20) i reallyt did not trust a man with one arm with nothing but a piece of bamboo to control this huge tiger but i thought this is really the only chance i will get, and did it. as soon as you touch him, he made this sound that is the same sound that a cat makes when it is annoyed and put his ears down- THE EXACT SAME thing that misty or alex or pheobe would do when they are annoyed. i couldnt really pose because i was terrified, so i put my sunnies on and tried to hide the fear from my eyes! they told me that they call him ladyboy now because he has had the snip to calm him down, thats why he is so 'docile'. i wasnt so sure it has taken the spark out of him, and wouldn't count him down and out just yet!
around the corner i met Billy the orangataung who was so freindly and really funny. he was facinated with my tattoo and kept trying to lick it and pick it off! he was really well trined and he knew how to pose and putt the sunnies on on you paid him the money and he would go and give it to the handler. he really enjoyed being the center of attention. i want one!
i think it probably goes with out saying but the conditions of the zoo were pretty sub standard. i felt really bad after i left for giving them any money, because that is what is keeping them in the zoo- the fact that it generates profit.
ANYWAY................
first thing in the morning i caught the ferry to Ko Phangyang, a really beautiful island where they hold the 'full moon' partys and met a group of three irish girls that are here before they head off to austraila, and one irish guy who is here after staying in china for 6months, and i have stuck with them. they seem really nice and i am sharing a room with the guy richard as it really saves you cash. my room is 300B so we are getting it for 150B each which is like $3.50 PER NIGHT! he has been in china being around no one that speaks english and the three irish girls have been in a similar spot that i was- looking to see where everyone is! so we are all pretty stoked to have found company.
i will show you a picture of the beach we are staying on when i get some tonight. tommorow night they are having a "half moon party" which is apparenlty good but not quite as big as the full moon ones.
i wish i went here first, but i guess now i know.
Shit.
my camers just run out of battery and i left my adaptor in my suitcase back in bangkok!
i will have to hunt for another one.
sorry about my phone too guys!
i had run out of batteries and couldnt re charge it with out my adaptor- and i didnt have a charger because i wasn't sposed to even bring a phone. getting that fixed.
:-)
Love
xO
posted by Owen D'Arcy-Taylor at 7:20 PM
<< Home