pala-u waterfalls: 14 october 2006
we had several plans for fall break. Plan A involved going to Vietnam. We didn’t know we needed different visas to go, though, and we would have had to get that done in Bangkok. And, anne only has a single entry visa and she needs a multiple. So before we go to Vietnam, we have to figure out that situation. Plan B was Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. That plan failed as well because the flooding that is occurring in the north is worse than we thought it was. It would be silly to go to a place where people are getting dystentary from the bacteria and driving is impossible. our plan turned into Plan C – Khao Yai National Park. but before we left for that place, anne and i went to pala-u waterfalls with tristen, jamie, and tristen's parents who were in town for 2 weeks.
Pala-u was the place we were supposed to go for our Thai Ways field trip, but it was cancelled due to the coup. It was more than I expected. A lot more climbing than I thought.
The park has numerous small waterfalls and a narrow hiking trail through the forests and rocky cliffs. The ground is swallowed up with huge tree trunk roots, which serve as the steps. We took our shoes off going though the trails and while climbing from rock to rock. We were truly “one with nature”, I felt. It started to rain a few times, the dirt turned to mud that your feet would get stuck in, huge earthworms popped out of the ground, we got soaked but just jumped in the water. Actually, I fell in to the water. I was standing on a slippery rock. I thought I was steady but then I slipped and fell on my butt. I started sliding down the incline of the rock. It was like a waterslide at a park, only bumpy, embarrassing and incredibly frightening (because you don’t know, when you reach the water, if you’ll just fall in to the water or fall on to sharp rocks). Tristen and Jamie had a front row seat to my scary slip ‘n slide show. i landed in the water, unharmed, but with a very sore be-hind. Anne, Jamie, and tristen jumped from one tall rock in to the water. I wasn’t able to take many pictures at all because of the rain. I had to hide my cameras under a rock to keep from getting wet. The three of us just climbed and climbed. My entire body is sore today. Oh, life here is just so hard.
We got home and washed up. We were covered in dirt and clay. We went out again, the 4 of us and tristen’s parents. To the Green Leaf restaurant, which has a bunch of really good vegetarian food. Afterwards, I went home and watched Lost and anne went out with Spanky to some bars. I called suzy and she’s doing allright. I worry about her constantly and it makes me want to be home. But I’ll be there soon enough. And I’ll be able to help her more.
What other things of interest have happened lately?
Thursday night, after finals were officially over, anne and I went to SamSam with 3 thai guys that go to WUT. Dau, Duke, and I forgot the other guy’s name. Only Dau spoke decent English. Duke bought me a rose from a young girl who was selling them on the street. We just hung out for awhile and talked about differences between America and Thailand. The ghetto dvd guy came to SamSam around midnight. He’s in love with me and it makes me upset. I have to see him every time I go to the night market. He tells my Webster friends how much he likes me and then they tell me and then I get uncomfortable all over again. It’s somewhat flattering though. I posted a picture of him in an earlier blog entry. His name, I found out, is “Crab” and he likes whiskey. So we hung out with Crab and his entourage until about 2am. And then we went back to VIP. And went to sleep.
I was sick the whole next day.
we had several plans for fall break. Plan A involved going to Vietnam. We didn’t know we needed different visas to go, though, and we would have had to get that done in Bangkok. And, anne only has a single entry visa and she needs a multiple. So before we go to Vietnam, we have to figure out that situation. Plan B was Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. That plan failed as well because the flooding that is occurring in the north is worse than we thought it was. It would be silly to go to a place where people are getting dystentary from the bacteria and driving is impossible. our plan turned into Plan C – Khao Yai National Park. but before we left for that place, anne and i went to pala-u waterfalls with tristen, jamie, and tristen's parents who were in town for 2 weeks.
Pala-u was the place we were supposed to go for our Thai Ways field trip, but it was cancelled due to the coup. It was more than I expected. A lot more climbing than I thought.
The park has numerous small waterfalls and a narrow hiking trail through the forests and rocky cliffs. The ground is swallowed up with huge tree trunk roots, which serve as the steps. We took our shoes off going though the trails and while climbing from rock to rock. We were truly “one with nature”, I felt. It started to rain a few times, the dirt turned to mud that your feet would get stuck in, huge earthworms popped out of the ground, we got soaked but just jumped in the water. Actually, I fell in to the water. I was standing on a slippery rock. I thought I was steady but then I slipped and fell on my butt. I started sliding down the incline of the rock. It was like a waterslide at a park, only bumpy, embarrassing and incredibly frightening (because you don’t know, when you reach the water, if you’ll just fall in to the water or fall on to sharp rocks). Tristen and Jamie had a front row seat to my scary slip ‘n slide show. i landed in the water, unharmed, but with a very sore be-hind. Anne, Jamie, and tristen jumped from one tall rock in to the water. I wasn’t able to take many pictures at all because of the rain. I had to hide my cameras under a rock to keep from getting wet. The three of us just climbed and climbed. My entire body is sore today. Oh, life here is just so hard.
We got home and washed up. We were covered in dirt and clay. We went out again, the 4 of us and tristen’s parents. To the Green Leaf restaurant, which has a bunch of really good vegetarian food. Afterwards, I went home and watched Lost and anne went out with Spanky to some bars. I called suzy and she’s doing allright. I worry about her constantly and it makes me want to be home. But I’ll be there soon enough. And I’ll be able to help her more.
What other things of interest have happened lately?
Thursday night, after finals were officially over, anne and I went to SamSam with 3 thai guys that go to WUT. Dau, Duke, and I forgot the other guy’s name. Only Dau spoke decent English. Duke bought me a rose from a young girl who was selling them on the street. We just hung out for awhile and talked about differences between America and Thailand. The ghetto dvd guy came to SamSam around midnight. He’s in love with me and it makes me upset. I have to see him every time I go to the night market. He tells my Webster friends how much he likes me and then they tell me and then I get uncomfortable all over again. It’s somewhat flattering though. I posted a picture of him in an earlier blog entry. His name, I found out, is “Crab” and he likes whiskey. So we hung out with Crab and his entourage until about 2am. And then we went back to VIP. And went to sleep.
I was sick the whole next day.
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