Thursday, February 9, 2012

Everyone should have a 5 week holiday in January

I decided that the best way to sift through a month of traveling was to do a top 10.

In some particular order:

10.  Monks n Wats and that amazing incense smell in Thailand


9.  Fun transportation
13 hour train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.  This was actually not that fun, but comparatively more fun than the 17 hour bus from Bangkok to Khao Lak.
Befuddled by the bamboo raft headed to Malapascua Island, Philippines

Tuk Tuks in Bangkok

Florescent pink cabs in Thailand
Inside a tricycle ( a motorbike with a hooded cab attached) in Bohol, Philippines
8.  The beer
Chang Beer in Thailand
San Miguel in the Philippines
7.  The beaches.  Good lord, the beaches were gorgeous.  All the photos below are from Malapascua Island, Philippines.



6.  Thai food



5.  Creatures
Moth-eating gecko in Khao Lak, Thailand
Random alligator in Bangkok
One of the four puppies who lived under our bungalow on Malapascua Island, Philippines
Dog vs. crab in Bohol, Philippines
Butterflies in Bohol
Me and a passed out kitty at the bar on Malapascua Island, Philippines.  I'm refraining from posting any of the other 50 cat pictures I took.  
4.  This creature gets a number of its own:  the Tarsiers in Bohol, Philippines.  Some Tarsier facts:  they are suicidal.  If they are unhappy, they'll bang their head against a tree until they die.  They have sex for about 3-8 seconds.  You can only find them in Bohol and Indonesia.  They've been around for over 40 million years.  They are crazy looking.


3.  Snorkeling at Malapascua Island, Philippines.   I don't have pictures to prove it, but there's like a whole other universe down there.

2.  The Thai markets
Night Market in Chiang Mai
There is literally an entire market dedicated to amulets

1.  The people I met along the way




Back to the grind . . .

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