Still just climbing up and down rocks every day. Definitely starting to feel pretty beat up at this point. Tonight I shall buy my plane ticket down to Tonsai for some climbing on the beach.
Yesterday the hostel picked up some ice cream to make sundaes and I couldn't have been happier. We also had another wonderful night around the campfire. It was such a special moment to look around the fire and see people from England, Holland, Australia, Canada, Germany, France and Spain. With so many issues going on nowadays within the US and throughout the world, it was so satisfying to have such a connected experience with people from so many different backgrounds.
With little to talk about aside from climbing, here are some fun facts about Thailand:
- Almost every toilet comes equipped with a "bum gun"; essentially a handheld bidet, aka a garden hose for your back end. One hand sprays the water, the other applies the scrubbing. Most people love them, I'm still undecided.
- It's very rude/disrespectful to point the bottom of your foot towards another person. And you best not point them towards an image of Buddha.
- Traffic generally drives on the left side of the road... or the right... or middle, depending on where you feel like driving. Traffic is rarely enforced. BUT, if you're a tourist on a scooter in the old city, you're pretty much guaranteed a fine at one point or another; either for not wearing a helmet or not having a proper license. Although I've already heard of several people who have talked their way out of tickets.
- There's a lot of pride in cooking a Pad Thai dish. So much so, that many restaurants don't offer it in fear of not preparing it well enough.
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