in between vietnam and the philippines, we were back in bangkok for a day and a half...this time we stayed in an area near lumbini park, instead of the usual tourist haunt of khao san road...even though it took us a while to find our guesthouse, it ended up being a lot better than previous visits...the food at nearby street stalls was better, as were prices...also, the foreigners we saw were those who actually live in bangkok, not those who are just visiting...while walking around i saw several HUGE malls, with brand names in them...it was very hard to walk away from the baskin robbins store, i was sooooo tempted...i did see one new sight, the golden mount...it's a wat on top of a hill...the wat itself isn't any great shakes, but it was the first time i was able to look out over the city, and that was neat...
from bangkok we flew to manila, the capital of the philippines...a very western city...HUGE malls all over the place, lots of english spoken, restaurants everywhere...it's almost like being back in the states in many ways...i first visited manila 5 years ago, when my sister was living in the philippines for a year...being back brought back a lot of memories, to say the least...it was nice to be in a place where i sortof had an idea where i knew what i was doing...
the last time i was in manila, i was guided around by my sister, which meant i payed absolutely no attention how we got anywhere...and we didn't walk much...this time, layna and i both walked...and i realized that it's easy to walk around manila...this does not howeva mean that filipinos do any walking...if at all possible, they take transport...whether that's a taxi, a jeepney, a tricycle, or the LRT/MRT...i saw very few people out just walking, and the tricycle drivers all told me i was nuts/dumb for walking...traffic is not very clean, and i didn't enjoy all the black clouds being belched out of the vehicles, but oh well...i walked through intramuros, quiapo, chinatown, and malate, which are all areas of manila...intramuros still retains some of it's spanish roots, and the manila cathedral is in that area...it was originally built quite a while ago, but has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times...(fires, earthquakes, etc knocked it down...the philippines is home to many natural disasters each year)...
just like saigon, manila isn't all that aesthetically appealing...there are only a few actual sights, and most people don't spend much time there...traffic is crazy, and surprisingly, it's not from personal vehicles...there are just so many taxis, jeepneys, tricycles, buses, etc on the road that things get clogged up...and filipino drivers usually ignore lane lines...still layna and i both really like the city...
one of the sights is rizal park...it's still called luneta by a lot of locals, even though the name was changed in the 50s, i think...jose rizal is one of many philippine national heroes...i think he stood up to the spanish with words? they've got his farewell poem translated into several different languages...it's actually pretty moving...in one area of the park you can see the cement footprints of the steps he supposedly took, leading to the spot where he was executed...at one end of the park is a statue of rizal, guarded by two members of the filipino military in dress uniform...toward the other end of the park is a statue of lapu lapu, who was the leader of one of many tribes way back when...he's known because he won the battle with ferdinand magellan when the later first landed on the philippines in the 1500s...magellan didn't last long after landing, and that defeat set back spanish colonialization by about 100 years...at the far end of the park is a map of the philippines...made of cement, in water, so you get an idea of what the whole country looks like...the best view would have been from the LRT line closeby, but i couldn't figure out a way to get up to that spot...(it wasn't a stop, so there wouldn't have been anywhere to stand)...all along the sidewalks in the park are busts of other filipino heroes...they've got a lot of them!!!
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20 May 2009
06 March 2009
thailand...again
this is my third time in thailand...the first time was 5 yrs ago exactly, the second a year and a half ago...the first time i was by myself, and that 7 week trip in southeast asia trip was my first extended trip...the second time was with my rugby team...i wasn't in control of that trip, so it doesn't relate to anything i did before, or am doing now...
when we arrived in bangkok, i was surprised by how much it had changed in five years...(during the trip with the rugby team we didn't stay in the backpacker area, i didn't see it at all)...prices have doubled, and it's become a lot more western...and i think it's more crowded with travelers...though i don't really know...my first time in bangkok i remember being rather overwhelmed, and now i realize i hardly saw anything...i was so worried i'd get lost, or get sick...this time around we just walked around the first day, without any real direction, and no need to see anything...this is layna's first time in thailand, and one of the things we have done regularly when we arrive in a new city/town is to just walk...get the feel of things...at one point we stepped into a kfc in order to use the loo, (yes, it's western, but we knew it would have a loo) and i ended up talking to another foreigner while waiting...i was really excited that i figured out he was canadian without asking him first...he seemed surprised that i knew, but the "eh" was a dead giveaway...only canadians say it that way...hee hee...and he thought i was aussie...i have no idea why...i know i say some words aussies and kiwis use, but i certainly don't say them the same way!!
bangkok is the initial entry point into southeast asia for nearly everyone...so it's super easy to get started...thai food is found everywhere, but so is western food...(which i think is sad)...mcd's, starbucks, kfc and bk have all shown up in the last five years...there are travel shops all over the place, as well as stalls selling everything from batteries to clothes to every knick knack you do not need...according to the guidebook, thais call bangkok krung thep, which means city of angels...apparently, that's a shortened version of the full, official name...i don't feel like copying the full name, it's ridiculously LONG...
our second day we started by seeing wat phra keow (sp?)...better known to most as the temple of the emerald buddha...it's not actually emerald at all, it's jade...it's not all that big either...it sits pretty high up though, and each season gets new clothes from the king himself...most people seem to pay no attention to the "silence please" sign, i wish they would...this temple is probably one of the most well known sights in thailand/bangkok, everyone goes there...i've gotta admit though, it is pretty fantastic...(though the entrance price was half our daily budget!!!)...the temples are wonderfully coloured, and there are quite a few...our second temple was across the street, wat pho i think?...it's not nearly as crowded, layna and i both liked it better...that's where we got to see the largest reclining buddha in thailand...46m long, and 15m high...it's HUGE...there were a number of temples in this complex, we enjoyed wandering around...it's bigger than wat phra keow...this complex also has quite a number of buddhas, over 100 i think...our third and final full day in bangkok we went to a huge market, the weekend market...the guidebook makes it sound great, but we were rather disappointed...it's true, you can find just about anything there, but it's totally touristy...locals don't go there to find anything...we weren't in the mood to shop, but we loved the food stalls...hee hee...i'd never before seen yellow watermelon...
after bangkok we went down south, to one of the beaches...we opted for the phuket area, choosing kata/karon beach...it's not very party oriented, and is rather similar to the beach we stayed at in goa, india...again, there were upper class european tourists...before boxing day, 2004, kata/karon had more backpackers, more young people...they haven't really come back since the disaster...at least, not that i could see...nearly all the menus in town have a combination of swedish/german/russian options...it's amazing to see how DARK some people get...i know i like sun too much for my own good, but i look like a ghost compared to some of the people we saw!!! if you look the colour of an overcooked sausage, the last thing you need to be doing is laying out on a thai beach!!! yes, i laid out, yes i wore suncream, and yes i covered my face...there isn't much to write about the time we spend on beaches...i could do it for ages and ages, i never seem to get bored...but we moved on after just three full days...(one of which it rained, i only got two days of sunning myself!!)
when we arrived in bangkok, i was surprised by how much it had changed in five years...(during the trip with the rugby team we didn't stay in the backpacker area, i didn't see it at all)...prices have doubled, and it's become a lot more western...and i think it's more crowded with travelers...though i don't really know...my first time in bangkok i remember being rather overwhelmed, and now i realize i hardly saw anything...i was so worried i'd get lost, or get sick...this time around we just walked around the first day, without any real direction, and no need to see anything...this is layna's first time in thailand, and one of the things we have done regularly when we arrive in a new city/town is to just walk...get the feel of things...at one point we stepped into a kfc in order to use the loo, (yes, it's western, but we knew it would have a loo) and i ended up talking to another foreigner while waiting...i was really excited that i figured out he was canadian without asking him first...he seemed surprised that i knew, but the "eh" was a dead giveaway...only canadians say it that way...hee hee...and he thought i was aussie...i have no idea why...i know i say some words aussies and kiwis use, but i certainly don't say them the same way!!
bangkok is the initial entry point into southeast asia for nearly everyone...so it's super easy to get started...thai food is found everywhere, but so is western food...(which i think is sad)...mcd's, starbucks, kfc and bk have all shown up in the last five years...there are travel shops all over the place, as well as stalls selling everything from batteries to clothes to every knick knack you do not need...according to the guidebook, thais call bangkok krung thep, which means city of angels...apparently, that's a shortened version of the full, official name...i don't feel like copying the full name, it's ridiculously LONG...
our second day we started by seeing wat phra keow (sp?)...better known to most as the temple of the emerald buddha...it's not actually emerald at all, it's jade...it's not all that big either...it sits pretty high up though, and each season gets new clothes from the king himself...most people seem to pay no attention to the "silence please" sign, i wish they would...this temple is probably one of the most well known sights in thailand/bangkok, everyone goes there...i've gotta admit though, it is pretty fantastic...(though the entrance price was half our daily budget!!!)...the temples are wonderfully coloured, and there are quite a few...our second temple was across the street, wat pho i think?...it's not nearly as crowded, layna and i both liked it better...that's where we got to see the largest reclining buddha in thailand...46m long, and 15m high...it's HUGE...there were a number of temples in this complex, we enjoyed wandering around...it's bigger than wat phra keow...this complex also has quite a number of buddhas, over 100 i think...our third and final full day in bangkok we went to a huge market, the weekend market...the guidebook makes it sound great, but we were rather disappointed...it's true, you can find just about anything there, but it's totally touristy...locals don't go there to find anything...we weren't in the mood to shop, but we loved the food stalls...hee hee...i'd never before seen yellow watermelon...
after bangkok we went down south, to one of the beaches...we opted for the phuket area, choosing kata/karon beach...it's not very party oriented, and is rather similar to the beach we stayed at in goa, india...again, there were upper class european tourists...before boxing day, 2004, kata/karon had more backpackers, more young people...they haven't really come back since the disaster...at least, not that i could see...nearly all the menus in town have a combination of swedish/german/russian options...it's amazing to see how DARK some people get...i know i like sun too much for my own good, but i look like a ghost compared to some of the people we saw!!! if you look the colour of an overcooked sausage, the last thing you need to be doing is laying out on a thai beach!!! yes, i laid out, yes i wore suncream, and yes i covered my face...there isn't much to write about the time we spend on beaches...i could do it for ages and ages, i never seem to get bored...but we moved on after just three full days...(one of which it rained, i only got two days of sunning myself!!)
27 September 2007
a proper rugby tour
part of being on a rugby team is touring..just about any trip out of your city is called a tour, so our trip to yeongwol was technically called a tour, even though it was just one night, and we only played one game..anywho, that's beside the point..
for chuseok, a tour to thailand had been put together..
i took the subway to the airport, as i feared traffic would be awful, with the whole country having the days off for the holiday..(chuseok is another lunar holiday, basically the korean version of thanksgiving)..it took longer, but at least i got there..the team checked in, a guide named elvis leading us..our flight was delayed an hour, but none of us cared..not surprisingly, we were shushed, and a young family was even moved so that we'd all be near each other and not disturb so many people..(i don't think that idea worked, but oh well)..our arrival at the airport in bangkok was the first time many of us had gone through that airport, as it's relatively new, and as such, it was a bit confusing..anywho..we met up with jr and ty who had arrived separately, as well as shauna, who had arrived several days earlier..
the team hopped onto our arranged bus to hua hin, not too far from bangkok..the town grew in popularity when thai royalty started to vacation there, but it's never become a backpacker spot..i don't know why, but we had to wait for checkin..so we went to the beach and played around with frisbees and just relaxed..it wasn't particularly sunny, which was a disappointment..after checking in, we tried to decide what to do, and as is typical with larger groups, it took foreva to decide for anyone..i went back to the beach with others..lunch was at a thai restaurant with angie, and shauna..thai food is great! and sooo cheap! more time at the beach in the afternoon, mostly just hanging out..no laying out:(..dinner i had with angie, shauna, katherine, este and char..again, we were all indecisive about evening plans after dinner..someone figured out details of thai boxing, so some of us attended..i enjoyed it for the most part, but i dont think i'm a big fan of the really young kids performing..particularly when they walk around after their fight, collecting more money..that ended fairly late, so we just went back to the hotel and crashed..at least, that's what i did..
the next morning we got a wakeup call at 0800, i'm not sure why it was that early..by the time we had all eaten breakfast, it was 1000..everyone went to a nearby scooter hire spot, and filled out all the forms..there was no insurance involved, and the guy didn't even want to give all of us helmets..sketchy, to say the least..it turns out, keeping a group of 8 girls on 5 scooters together isn't the easiest thing to do, even when we all know where we're going..we stopped at a wat, simply because we kept seeing signs for it..it was nice looking, but nothing super exciting..
after the temple, we all got back on our scooters, and that's when things got interesting..our group got separated, three bikes ended up ahead, shauna and i ended up behind..as i went around one curve, i laid the bike down..whoops..thankfully shauna was just behind me, saw what happened, and stopped..i was able to stand up and dust myself off, pick up the bike, and start up again..as we got going, shauna felt something off..she asked me to watch as she drove, and it was quickly apparent to me that she had a flat tire...between the blood streaming down one of my knees, and her flat tire, but being out in the middle of nowhere, we had no choice but to keep going, albeit slowly..at some point, a truck drove past us, and realized shauna had a flat tire..they put shauna's bike in the bed of the truck, and she got a ride in the cab..i followed..eventually, angie and ali, who had been in the group ahead came back to find out where we were..since my knee was tightening up, angie drove me on my bike, continuing to follow the truck with shauna and her bike..the truck stopped at a repair garage, and they replaced the tube in shauna's tire, and wouldn't let her pay!! they also brought out some stuff to help me clean up my knee, and wouldn't let me pay either!! thais are amazing..
after shauna's repair, and my clean knee, we all got back on our bikes and continued down the road..we were heading for a waterfall, which was supposed to be amazing..it turned out to be a series of shorter waterfalls, not one bigger, more spectacular one..i used one of the areas with flowing water to help get some of the remaining road guck out of my knee..the cuts from my fall were pretty deep..we didn't go to all the levels of the waterfall, but we enjoyed what we did see..after getting back to our bikes, we started on our way back to the hotel..while driving we passed a local market and decided to stop..yummy food/snacks!
as we continued back to hua hin, it started to rain..not so fun..thankfully angie was still driving, i'm not sure i would've been okay with driving in the rain..when we all got back to the hotel, we found natalie, our team captain..(she denies the title, but that's basically what she is)..oooooops..it turned out she had been the only with not with us during the day..how any of us didn't notice, i don't know..i think she was hurt, and rightfully so..she had gone to have a fitting for suits she was having made, and when she got back to the hotel, we were all gone..after apologizing profusely, dinner plans were made..but before dinner, several of us went to get pedicures and foot massages..HEAVEN:)
dinner was nice, then most of us investigated a night market, which was full of stuff for tourists..since i was just learning about rugby, i went with a few others to an irish pub, where we watched the nz/scotland game...nz won, but i only found out the score afterward, as i fell asleep during the game..lol..
we all got another wakeup call the next morning at 0830..a bus took us to bangkok, stopping along the way for lunch..upon arrival in bangkok, the bus took us to the temple of the emerald buddha, probably the most well known sight in the entire country..the buddha in the temple isn't made of emerald, it's made of jade, and it's 'costume' is changed for each season..despite all the tourists, and the expense, it's still awesome..it's a great place to take pictures as well..after walking around for a while, we walked down the street and took a cruise on the river..probably the best part of the cruise was when we fed the fish in the river..they've gotten so used to tourists feeding them that they ALL show up when food is tossed into the river..they were practically jumping out of the water..kinda gross, but fascinating as well..
dinner that night was in the hotel, a buffet..there was a night market semi close to the hotel, again filled with stuff for tourists..i ended up buying a skirt, i think most people bought at least one thing..after that, i went back to the hotel..a few of the girls went to the pat pong district to see a ping pong show..i knwo it's a fact of life that sex shows happen here, but i had no desire to participate, or encourage the industry in any way..women don't learn to perform in those sorts of shows because they want to, they do it because they can earn far more money that way than in having a "normal" job..i am not a fan of the industry as a whole..the sex industry in thailand is waaaayyyyy to big, and much of it isn't legal, but that's a soapbox topic for me, one i will stop talking about now..
the next morning, my roommate hilary and i missed breakfast, we didn't know what time it closed..as the team was checking out of the hotel, a few more girls showed up, they had been on holiday in another part of thailand..i'm not sure why they weren't with us for the entire tour..the bus drove us to the rugby pitch, and the weather was HOT HOT HOT and HUMID HUMID HUMID..jr taped up my knee so i could play, and he did a fantastic job..it didn't move during the entire game..the thai girls won the games, they ran faster than us..we were bigger, and often it took 5 of them to tackle just one of us..they were also (obviously) used to the heat and humidity..we weren't..they were a national team...we weren't..it was a learning experience..on the bus ride back to the hotel, the driver had the air conditioning cranked so high that all of us were cold..not a fun way to feel after roasting all afternoon..
we had saved three rooms in the hotel so we could all shower and clean up, then we had dinner again..after dinner we had a court session, the charges were of course, entertaining..i'm slowly learning all the rules involved:)..of course, there was a lot of drinking as well..
the bus ride to the airport had some drunk people..check in took foreva, and at one point they tried to say that este couldn't get on the plane because she didn't have the right visa..she didn't need a visa, as she was going back as a tourist, but it took a while to get that sorted..waiting at the gate was interesting, as one of our group was highly intoxicated..she ended up vomiting everywhere, and though you could smell the alcohol, we told the airline that she had food poisoning from dinner..airlines won't let someone they know to be drunk on the plane..it was obvious, but it worked out..as soon as the lights went out on the plane, nearly everyone fell asleep..
immigration upon return was really fast, that's one thing incheon airport is really good about..i took a bus back to my flat, and that was the end of my first real rugby tour..:)
except the ear infection i somehow ended up having..the last two days of the trip my right ear plugged up, and i couldn't hear properly..i was able to go to the doctor the next day, and after a round of antibiotics, it cleared up..annoying though, as it was from water that had gotten in my ear..how, i don't know..oh well..
for chuseok, a tour to thailand had been put together..
i took the subway to the airport, as i feared traffic would be awful, with the whole country having the days off for the holiday..(chuseok is another lunar holiday, basically the korean version of thanksgiving)..it took longer, but at least i got there..the team checked in, a guide named elvis leading us..our flight was delayed an hour, but none of us cared..not surprisingly, we were shushed, and a young family was even moved so that we'd all be near each other and not disturb so many people..(i don't think that idea worked, but oh well)..our arrival at the airport in bangkok was the first time many of us had gone through that airport, as it's relatively new, and as such, it was a bit confusing..anywho..we met up with jr and ty who had arrived separately, as well as shauna, who had arrived several days earlier..
the team hopped onto our arranged bus to hua hin, not too far from bangkok..the town grew in popularity when thai royalty started to vacation there, but it's never become a backpacker spot..i don't know why, but we had to wait for checkin..so we went to the beach and played around with frisbees and just relaxed..it wasn't particularly sunny, which was a disappointment..after checking in, we tried to decide what to do, and as is typical with larger groups, it took foreva to decide for anyone..i went back to the beach with others..lunch was at a thai restaurant with angie, and shauna..thai food is great! and sooo cheap! more time at the beach in the afternoon, mostly just hanging out..no laying out:(..dinner i had with angie, shauna, katherine, este and char..again, we were all indecisive about evening plans after dinner..someone figured out details of thai boxing, so some of us attended..i enjoyed it for the most part, but i dont think i'm a big fan of the really young kids performing..particularly when they walk around after their fight, collecting more money..that ended fairly late, so we just went back to the hotel and crashed..at least, that's what i did..
the next morning we got a wakeup call at 0800, i'm not sure why it was that early..by the time we had all eaten breakfast, it was 1000..everyone went to a nearby scooter hire spot, and filled out all the forms..there was no insurance involved, and the guy didn't even want to give all of us helmets..sketchy, to say the least..it turns out, keeping a group of 8 girls on 5 scooters together isn't the easiest thing to do, even when we all know where we're going..we stopped at a wat, simply because we kept seeing signs for it..it was nice looking, but nothing super exciting..
after the temple, we all got back on our scooters, and that's when things got interesting..our group got separated, three bikes ended up ahead, shauna and i ended up behind..as i went around one curve, i laid the bike down..whoops..thankfully shauna was just behind me, saw what happened, and stopped..i was able to stand up and dust myself off, pick up the bike, and start up again..as we got going, shauna felt something off..she asked me to watch as she drove, and it was quickly apparent to me that she had a flat tire...between the blood streaming down one of my knees, and her flat tire, but being out in the middle of nowhere, we had no choice but to keep going, albeit slowly..at some point, a truck drove past us, and realized shauna had a flat tire..they put shauna's bike in the bed of the truck, and she got a ride in the cab..i followed..eventually, angie and ali, who had been in the group ahead came back to find out where we were..since my knee was tightening up, angie drove me on my bike, continuing to follow the truck with shauna and her bike..the truck stopped at a repair garage, and they replaced the tube in shauna's tire, and wouldn't let her pay!! they also brought out some stuff to help me clean up my knee, and wouldn't let me pay either!! thais are amazing..
after shauna's repair, and my clean knee, we all got back on our bikes and continued down the road..we were heading for a waterfall, which was supposed to be amazing..it turned out to be a series of shorter waterfalls, not one bigger, more spectacular one..i used one of the areas with flowing water to help get some of the remaining road guck out of my knee..the cuts from my fall were pretty deep..we didn't go to all the levels of the waterfall, but we enjoyed what we did see..after getting back to our bikes, we started on our way back to the hotel..while driving we passed a local market and decided to stop..yummy food/snacks!
as we continued back to hua hin, it started to rain..not so fun..thankfully angie was still driving, i'm not sure i would've been okay with driving in the rain..when we all got back to the hotel, we found natalie, our team captain..(she denies the title, but that's basically what she is)..oooooops..it turned out she had been the only with not with us during the day..how any of us didn't notice, i don't know..i think she was hurt, and rightfully so..she had gone to have a fitting for suits she was having made, and when she got back to the hotel, we were all gone..after apologizing profusely, dinner plans were made..but before dinner, several of us went to get pedicures and foot massages..HEAVEN:)
dinner was nice, then most of us investigated a night market, which was full of stuff for tourists..since i was just learning about rugby, i went with a few others to an irish pub, where we watched the nz/scotland game...nz won, but i only found out the score afterward, as i fell asleep during the game..lol..
we all got another wakeup call the next morning at 0830..a bus took us to bangkok, stopping along the way for lunch..upon arrival in bangkok, the bus took us to the temple of the emerald buddha, probably the most well known sight in the entire country..the buddha in the temple isn't made of emerald, it's made of jade, and it's 'costume' is changed for each season..despite all the tourists, and the expense, it's still awesome..it's a great place to take pictures as well..after walking around for a while, we walked down the street and took a cruise on the river..probably the best part of the cruise was when we fed the fish in the river..they've gotten so used to tourists feeding them that they ALL show up when food is tossed into the river..they were practically jumping out of the water..kinda gross, but fascinating as well..
dinner that night was in the hotel, a buffet..there was a night market semi close to the hotel, again filled with stuff for tourists..i ended up buying a skirt, i think most people bought at least one thing..after that, i went back to the hotel..a few of the girls went to the pat pong district to see a ping pong show..i knwo it's a fact of life that sex shows happen here, but i had no desire to participate, or encourage the industry in any way..women don't learn to perform in those sorts of shows because they want to, they do it because they can earn far more money that way than in having a "normal" job..i am not a fan of the industry as a whole..the sex industry in thailand is waaaayyyyy to big, and much of it isn't legal, but that's a soapbox topic for me, one i will stop talking about now..
the next morning, my roommate hilary and i missed breakfast, we didn't know what time it closed..as the team was checking out of the hotel, a few more girls showed up, they had been on holiday in another part of thailand..i'm not sure why they weren't with us for the entire tour..the bus drove us to the rugby pitch, and the weather was HOT HOT HOT and HUMID HUMID HUMID..jr taped up my knee so i could play, and he did a fantastic job..it didn't move during the entire game..the thai girls won the games, they ran faster than us..we were bigger, and often it took 5 of them to tackle just one of us..they were also (obviously) used to the heat and humidity..we weren't..they were a national team...we weren't..it was a learning experience..on the bus ride back to the hotel, the driver had the air conditioning cranked so high that all of us were cold..not a fun way to feel after roasting all afternoon..
we had saved three rooms in the hotel so we could all shower and clean up, then we had dinner again..after dinner we had a court session, the charges were of course, entertaining..i'm slowly learning all the rules involved:)..of course, there was a lot of drinking as well..
the bus ride to the airport had some drunk people..check in took foreva, and at one point they tried to say that este couldn't get on the plane because she didn't have the right visa..she didn't need a visa, as she was going back as a tourist, but it took a while to get that sorted..waiting at the gate was interesting, as one of our group was highly intoxicated..she ended up vomiting everywhere, and though you could smell the alcohol, we told the airline that she had food poisoning from dinner..airlines won't let someone they know to be drunk on the plane..it was obvious, but it worked out..as soon as the lights went out on the plane, nearly everyone fell asleep..
immigration upon return was really fast, that's one thing incheon airport is really good about..i took a bus back to my flat, and that was the end of my first real rugby tour..:)
except the ear infection i somehow ended up having..the last two days of the trip my right ear plugged up, and i couldn't hear properly..i was able to go to the doctor the next day, and after a round of antibiotics, it cleared up..annoying though, as it was from water that had gotten in my ear..how, i don't know..oh well..
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