The Mango was some of the best I have ever had. As for the massages... for about 6 US dollars an hour, I think I had my fair share of them while I was here. Thai massages are quite the art here. In fact, inside the temples in Bangkok, there are statues and drawings describing the proper way to conduct a Thai Massage (though I am not quite sure these teachings are very helpful... What do you think?).
Our guide let us ride on the head of the elephant! And the cute baby elephant did a little dance while playing a harmonica. How talented!
The ponchos were too hot so we took them off. But, when Michael tried a few tricks on his ATV, he got a bit muddy... And, I almost tipped over on a rock, so my shoes got muddy... The trek was so much fun though!
It seemed that whenever the two of us introduced ourselves, we were always asked where we were from. Michael, who goes to UPenn with me, has dual-citizenship with the US and Portugal but lived in Portugal his whole life. So he always said that he was from Portugal. And, though no one in Thailand ever knew where Portugal was or that it was even a country, all Michael had to do to make a connection was to mention names of the famous soccer players of Portugal and somehow those he named were known by everyone. Soccer truly is the world's most popular sport! Michael also got the chance to test his own soccer abilities with some of the locals from the island of Phuket.
