Monday, December 29, 2008
Kimberly Sokolofsky-- Joke Contest WINNER!!!!
Hey Kim! Thanks for your contest submission:
A monk and an elephant walk into a bar... and the bartender says, "Sorry, no shoes no service!"
For your highest-quality submission you will receive your own sedated chihuahua puppy (see photo) named TukTuk... or maybe something else that doesn't need to be quarantined at the airport for three months...maybe.
Bangkok- Check! On our way home!
We're about done with Bangkok now that we've seen the Emerald Buddha (very small and not actually emerald...hmph) and the Grand Palace (very large and certainly grand! - see below). We've kept ourselves further entertained with American movies at the famous MBK complex. Jessy now has a Bangkok-sized crush on Hugh Jackman and Alesha does too (sorry Mike...when the cat's away she'll go to the movies).
Can't wait to get home and share more stories and presents with all y'all! Happy New Year from the Land of Smiles!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
When celebrating our Christmas holiday on the Thai beach of Cham-am, we figured we ought to take matters into our own hands.
So, Jessy walked over to the internet cafe across the street and 'borrowed' their Christmas tree for a little merry making! We started a trend, and ended up attracting all farang (Westerners) to our celebratory Christmas photo shoot.
Merry Christmas to all friends and family-we love you guys! We can't wait to celebrate the New Year with you very, very soon.
Love, Jessy and Alesha
Monday, December 22, 2008
Treehouse adventures!
Hello followers,
Christmas time is approaching, and we're on track to be at the beach on Christmas Day! For now, we're in Khao Sok National Park, enjoying the jungle. We're staying in a lovely tree house at Khao Sok Valley Lodge, and it's owner is one of the nicest people we've met. There are large, well, everything around us! Large bugs, large plants, large Raffleasia flowers (largest flowers in the world). We don't think they are really flowers, though.
We've been super impressed with the kindness of Thai people...giving us rides, cooking us breakfast, flagging down buses as they fly past us, giving us good advice, and making sure we are actually going to the place we intend to go to. It's amazing! Expect for the one old dude that wanted to marry one of us...didn't matter which one as long as one of us agreed. We unfortunately declined.
We're headed to Cha-am Beach tomorrow night, and look forward to calling family and friends on Christmas! After Cha-am, we head to Phetchaburi for a few final days before our departure.
Love you guys!
J & A
Friday, December 19, 2008
Takraw: Thai Soccer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXmjOMUdsPY
JOKE CONTEST!!!
A monk and an elephant walk into a bar...
Now you send us a punch line! A winner will be selected upon our return. Please post your entry as a Comment to this blog posting for all to enjoy and criticize :)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Th-eye Candy
Climbing Thai-style
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
OBAMA!!!
Kao Yai National Park Lesson #1: the bed of a Thai pick up truck NEVER has too many people in it!
We were visiting Kao Yai N.P. a few days ago and quickly discovered that you really need a car in order to get around. As the video will show, you will see us on one of our many hitch hiking experiences-this one by far being the most fun. We've quickly learned while traveling in Thailand that when we mention that we are from the United States of America, people often shout enthusiastically, "Obama!"
We're currently in a small town called Railay, in the Krabi Province. Tomorrow we're off to go rock climbing and do some dangling over the emerald green Indian Ocean.
Talk to you later!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Gluttony in Thailand...
Friday, December 12, 2008
Elephant in our midst!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Things Elephants Can Do
1) Elephants can swim
2) Elephants can paint (sooo artistic!!!)
3) Elephants can make music
4) Elephants can bow elegantly to recieve praise
5) Elephants can stack logs with their tusks/trunks
6) Elephants can use their trunks as elevators for humans who wish to mount them
7) Boy elephants have impressively large unmentionable parts (You'll see, Gary!)
8) Elephants understand human communication
Tomorrow we are off to Nam Nao National Park where we can't wait to see some monkeys, jackals, and wild boars.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Alesha's favorite thing-POPCORN!
Okay, so Thailand also has popcorn! This place gets more and more perfect each day!
We also enjoyed $0.30 pad thai and tasty 'fish' soup. We're hoping to also upload a nice little video of Jessy eating a funky tasting 'fish' ball from a street vendor (see below). That a girl, Jessy!
We also shopped (a lot) and bought presents, too. The jewelry here is amazing-so much beautiful silver.
So, we know what you're thinking: "Why are they blogging SO much?" Hey, by the way, is anyone reading this??? Show us some love-become a "follower" or post some dang comments.
Well, folks don't get your hopes up. We're "about to be trekking" as Jessy would say...so we're hitting the jungle soon (although we're pretty sure they will still have internet cafe's there, too).
So, stay tuned for more exciting news from Thailand!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Deep Thoughts from Chiang Mai...
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Wat?
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A Day in Taipei!
So, just in time for the court to oust the PM of Thailand, we're happy to report that we're moving in that direction this evening. We'll be flying into Chiang Mai tonight around 1am. Stay tuned for more news from Thailand!
Love,
Alesha and Jessy
Monday, December 1, 2008
Watch out, Chiang Mai!
Yup- we're going!
Stay tuned for pictures and postings of our Southeast Asian antics!