We're staying at SpicyThai Backbackers, in a beautiful village just outside Chiang Mai. Its so chilled out and everyone here is really cool and helpful. The hostel organised a trip to Wat Doi Suthep, a temple on top of the mountain with amazing views over Chiang Mai. 400 steps up the mountain to the temple though, OUCH. And emily fell up the very first one.. We learnt all about buddist culture and their ideas about heaven and hell. And how if their theories are correct we're going to all have our tongues sliced lots of times. We entered a small room and got blessed by a Buddha, he threw their version of holy water over us, prayed and tied a piece of white cord around our wrists. Funny journey back where our hostel leader told us all about the sexual habits of young Thai's and how sex before marrige is not acceptable to their parents, so they're all rebelling and having sex as young as 11. He also said how they were too embarassed to use condoms as the ones from Western world are too large and fall off. But Durex have studied them and now produce a smaller size...
The way they drive here is absolutely mad, on windy roads up the mountain they drive on whatever side of the road they feel like to avoid steering as much as possible. In the afternoon we went to a lake and ate delicious Thai food and sunbathed. Avoided swimming so not to get tiny fish up fanny disease.. 17 of us squeazed into a pick up truck back, some hanging on the back, Saydi and Em sat on the roof. He had a good laugh driving through bushes and trees and driving so fast round and round a tree, making the people on top scream and come scarily close to flying off. We were too busy in hysterics to think just how dangerous it all was, no seat belts and people clinging on for their lives. But we arrived back safely ;) also had a lovely night out, a fab live band were playing at a club, and we spent most of the night pretty much drowning them out singing along with them to oasis, kings of leon, red hot chili peppers. Luckily they loved our enthusiasm. Went to the dance club area after.. A bit intimidated with pretty much every Thai person around us staring at us, we smiled and they smiled back, but the staring didn't stop. Didn't know what was so unusual but got too drunk to care...
Woke up this morning to find Will wasn't here, he'd been feeling sick and really ill over the last few days. But this morning discovered he'd been driven to hospital. We text him to find out he'd been diagnosed with an appendicitis and was having an operation soon. We decided to try to visit him, but arrived at the wrong hospital without realising and spent HOURS trapsing around different buildings, trying to locate him with no signs in English.. I hate hospitals and seeing all the poor sick people on beds EVERYWHERE. Eventually after 5 hours discovered we were at the wrong hopsital and instead he was in the private one. His room was better than most hotels, huge tv, fridge, microwave, ensuite bathroom, balcony. But poor Will :( his mum is flying out to be with him while he recovers for a week so we're going to go on one man down and meet up again in a week or so... Sad times!
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