WOW so after what seems like 132 weeks of traveling, we're FINALLY in thailand! oh my goshhh! what a beautiful country it is! our hotel is right by this marsh/river thing. i thought it was the ocean, but this is still super cool!
The plane ride was MISRABLE to say the least. we went from slc to san fran, then from san fran to taiwan. aka i took an ambien to i could sleep on the flight, but i woke up when they were bringing the food around. i was super excited/hungry. and it was chicken! YUM my favorite, right? uhh no. never again. i ate it, and fell right back asleep. actually i might have fallen asleep while eating, i honestly cannot remember. but after a while of sleeping, i woke up to myself barfing alllll over the place. uh yeah. chicken, noodles, a roll. everywhere. i hardly remember this since i was so out of it and drugged up, but yes. there was puke all over me and my tray table. i woke up aaron who was next to me because i had no freaking idea what to do. and he looked at it and covered his nose. ha how rude. actually i would too, it was gross. then i like finally got the idea to call the flight attendant and there were like 8 of them standing there just looking at me and i was like. "i puuuuked." and so finally they got me some towels and what not. bless their hearts. luckily i had my blanket over my body, so i just wrapped it up and threw that and my pillow away. i was so bummed because that was my favorite travel blankie and pillow :(
oh well. i survived. then later i woke up and i couldnt remember if that whole thing was real or not because it was just so weird. but yeah it was real and i am super grossed out by myself. so i got up and took some pepto and hoped i would feel better and went back to sleep becase...what else are you going to do on a 13 hour flight? but i woke up AGAIN and was sick so i called the lady just in time for her to bring me a bag to puke in. yeah. at least this one was pink so it wasnt so bad to look at.
then we finally got to taipei (yeah, cant spell it. sorry. it's in taiwan though) and i thought i felt better until they had us get onto a tour bus. we had a 14 hour layover and they thought it would be fun to make barfy mallory get on an effing bus and drive around the entire country. yeah, i was so sick. and the tour guide, bless his heart, he was so cute but he just talked and talked and i was about to puke so finally i just grabbed him and i was like "get me a back or a garbage can because i'm going to puke" so he's like running around the bus for me. he was so sweet. so yeah, needless to say i just puked my guts out for like 3 days. i felt so stupid. and i couldnt stop crying! i was just so upset that i hadnt been able to freaking lay in a bed or puke in a real toilet or sleep for 3 days that i just wanted to cry all the time!
but finally i took some motion sickness medicine, passed out asleep on the bus, and felt a lot better :)
but now. i am in thailand. and i am hot. and sweaty. and sticky. and i am wearing so much sunscreen and bugspray i think if i wanted to i could climb up walls with my sticky skin.
probaby the best things that have happened to me so far:
1. sleeping in a bed
2. emily getting attacked in the shower by i lizard.
3. a girl finding a cocroach in her undies.
4. the taiwanese girl wearing a shirt that said "i love sweet hug?"
5. all of the BEAUTIFUL colors on temples and shrines.
6. the sweet kids that loved holding my hand and running around
7. biffing it while playing soccer
8. when the lady made me get up and dance in front of everyone durning the opening ceremonies.
9. brushing my teeth after not being able to for 3 days.
10. the bananas (i had 6 for lunch)
11. the surprise french fries for dinner
12. AIR CONDITIONING IN MY HOTEL ROOM.
13. this computer so i dont feel so lonely :)
14. the sooo cute thai baby i got to hold, but he was so afraid of me. probably because i'm white.
15. the pearls i got for SUPER cheap :)
now will someone please make it stop being sooo hot during the day?! i honestly might die. i cannot believe how hot it is. i wish you knew..ah.
i seriously just sweat from every part of my body.
even my butt.
yes. i have swass. and i hate it.
but i am hoping tomorrow i will be able to survive and get some good construction done! we're putting in ceptic tanks, building some building and then tiling a floor! sooo bring on the heat! (actually, dont. pray for cloud cover please)
i am sorry if i spelled every single word wrong in this post, i am so out of it and just like..brain dead i cant even like function. i am just thankful for the shower, even though it drips out one drop of water at a time.
anyways, i am safe and well and happy and hot! i hope everything in america is fine and dandy. i loove you all! :)
