Backpacking

Hey all!

Jen here...i've been under the weather since Monday. I've had some type of flu so needless to say, the smells in the markets and alleys has made me a bit quesy! Ted is now starting to feel the same way so we have been taking it easy. I hope you have enjoyed some of our pictures from our Mae Sot trip. It was a real highlight of our trip. It was hard to leave to come back to Bangkok as it is a large and challenging city to be in. Last night we went for another Thai massage while it poured outside. On Wed. we were told that our Vietnam Visa would be ready this am but when we checked in with the travel agent he told us noon. so without anything to do this am we took a taxi down to the MBK. A gigantic 7 storey mall. We wandered around the Tesco and got some "high fiber" stuff and then headed back to the mall to shop. Neither of us were really in the "mood" so it was a short trip. We headed back home to hang out by the pool at our guesthouse and stay in the shade today! Looking forward to Hanoi and meeting up with our Cycling group on the 17th! Not much more to report here!

We did it again, even after 14$ US on beer last night (it actually translates into a lot) we managed to get more photos to the blog. They are a bit late but offer some cool views of the resort at Koh Nangyuan. We had a short pub crawl late last night on the way home from the night bazaar. Lots of neat, and not so neat things to buy there. Sadly, none of the items we liked, would fit in our backpacks really well for the next few months.

I won't be as "wordy" as my husband was yesterday! We are back to our cheap internet place and finished mapping out our trip to Burma (very important as the Goverment requires that info for our visas). We are excited to spend 28 days in Burma - seeing Rangoon and many places around Inle Lake).

We are really enjoying the laid back vibe of this city. We have a nice little place that serves amazing yogurt and fruit each morning. We also found a great cheap restaurant to get our northern Thai food (Khao sawy) - a dish similar to that in Burma. That being said we decided on pizza (over the expensive falafels!) last night...this is truely a cosmopolitan city as we had great pizza!

There are a tonne of "whities" here...many appear to be expats. We still aren't that social- i guess we really are newlyweds! We are both engrossed in our books and so the desire to explore has been a bit hampered! However, we are planning on a big walk later to see the Night Market and check out a few other sights.

We are looking forward to meeting with the Global Neighbours Volunteers! The trip with them will be really fun! Ted will get to build stuff and i will be the team leader for "Arts and Crafts" (I hear many of you snickering!).

With that I will sign off from here!