After dropping our bags in the bungalow, having a yummy brunch and taking a quick shower, Jen and I decided to try our hands at motorbiking. Let me just say:
I LOVE MOTORBIKES.
I am totally getting one when I get back to LA. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I was a bit apprehensive at first. Not about operating the motorbike succesfully, but about remembering which side of the road to ride on. Nevertheless, I brushed the fear aside and picked out a green helmet to go with my bike, Sparky. (She was blue... I don't know, it made sense at the time.)
As we prepared to take off, I gripped the speed a little too fast, and scared the crap out of the motorbike propietor. I toned it down after that and we got on our way, Jen taking the lead. We had two maps and instructions on how to get a wat up in the hills.
A piece of advice for you- not only are the Kanchanaburi maps not drawn to scale, they are also not drawn to correctness. We traipsed all over the nearby countryside, but to no avail. (We might've found some good climbing though, for future reference.) At some point I'll include pictures on this blog, so you can see some of the random temple-like structures and graves (?) we found along the way.
(I can neither confirm nor deny if we stopped at a Tesco on the way back. I can also not verify that we had some Dairy Queen while we were there. Rumors, people, just rumors.)
We had to return the bikes by 9pm, much to my dismay. Jen promised me we could rent them again in Chiang Mai, and I'm gonna hold her to that.
I LOVE MOTORBIKES.
I am totally getting one when I get back to LA. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I was a bit apprehensive at first. Not about operating the motorbike succesfully, but about remembering which side of the road to ride on. Nevertheless, I brushed the fear aside and picked out a green helmet to go with my bike, Sparky. (She was blue... I don't know, it made sense at the time.)
As we prepared to take off, I gripped the speed a little too fast, and scared the crap out of the motorbike propietor. I toned it down after that and we got on our way, Jen taking the lead. We had two maps and instructions on how to get a wat up in the hills.
A piece of advice for you- not only are the Kanchanaburi maps not drawn to scale, they are also not drawn to correctness. We traipsed all over the nearby countryside, but to no avail. (We might've found some good climbing though, for future reference.) At some point I'll include pictures on this blog, so you can see some of the random temple-like structures and graves (?) we found along the way.
(I can neither confirm nor deny if we stopped at a Tesco on the way back. I can also not verify that we had some Dairy Queen while we were there. Rumors, people, just rumors.)
We had to return the bikes by 9pm, much to my dismay. Jen promised me we could rent them again in Chiang Mai, and I'm gonna hold her to that.
4 comments:
oh goodness. ok the problem with late night blog stalking (see gchat) is I have not the capacity to actually read the blog, however I did run across the word "motorbike" in the title which makes me think of Sirius Black. Sirius Black is not from Thailand, but it doesn't mean his motorbike did not come from there. After all I would like to think the wizarding world is into globalization. OK, glad that my gchat void has been somewhat fulfilled due to recent conversation with Jen, who is certainly the cat's pajamas. Bowchickawowoooowwwwwww. P.S. I WIN!!!
You're getting what when you get back home???? Only if I get to ride it too :)
this is totally unrelated to your blog, and i could just send you an email about this, but i figured you only have so much time on the internet (i am assuming you go to cafes, yes?) so i might as well put it here.
1) i have finished my last class of law school. and handed in the paper for that class. just two more exams and i am done. how insane is that?
2) i was thinking about my golden birthday...i am assuming you guys will be in LA for xmas this year. so i was thinking i would go out there for my bday and we could do a bday challenge for me. I was thinking, in honor of you being my best friend (and me being too lazy to come up with something new) we could recreate your challenge, but bump up the bike portion 8 miles so that the total mileage covered is 29. i think we could do that. we just need to train.
ok glad to hear you are having such a nice time. i hope you are thoroughly inspired.
love you!!
k
yay motorbikes...again, i got nothing.
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