Day 3
PM
17.08.2005
28 °C
Well I bought some boardshorts today, i wanted to buy these Thai style ones but i wasn't sure if i was tie-ing (aaah help me phillip of spelling) them up right as they are REALLY huge around the waist and you tie them to suit you so they are like one size fits all (americans included). In the end I just bought some standard nonames, well actually i lie, they are "hacker active" boardshorts hahaha, spose i'm a hacker now.
I also spent a LOT of ime looking for a surf shop, without sucsess, lots of "this way" "that way" "this way ten minute" "ahh what is suf" mmmm i think i'll have better luck at the coast?
I forgot to say yesterday that I went to go see some sights, This local told me that I should see "gloden buddah/bhudda?" and "black bhudda" and some other stuff because it was a special holiday, and it was free. so he found me a government tuk-tuk (much cheaper because of government funding for tourism) so i went to see the golden bhudda, which was quite impressive, 32m high 11m wide and covered from toenails to topknot in gold leaf, it is HUUUGE (oh it's also called the standing bhudda (most are sitting or lying down apparently) I also went to see the black bhudda but the temple it is in is under rennovation, but I did get shown a green bhudda, situated in a prayer room which was carver out of sodild emerald and slighty smaller than a real person, sitting cross-legged with a 20c high ruby bhudda in front of that.
By then i had the mean headache so i skipped the rest and went home.
Ok
hope you weren't too bored by the read
Posted by MikeTrev 3:00 AM Archived in Round the World | Thailand






Hey Mike, Jono here.
Sounds awesome what is going on, I kinda wish I could do this next year. Be great to learn to survive on your own and stuff, cause seriously, our parents mollycoddle us!
People seem friendly and at that price, man I'd have a massive feed!
Take care and Godbless
Big mac
17.08.2005 by big mac