Gone Rabid.

The most disgusting picture I have ever taken...because of the monkey. Also, Jenn has rabies now.

No blood no tiger balm

Our last hostel had so many rules. No blood on the sheets, no tiger balm, no shoes, bring ur own toilet paper, no speaking out of turn, writing with your left hand, sleeping with your mouth open... Etc. What if I got a tiger balm massage then cut myself shaving then had no toilet paper to wipe up the blood OR my butt, then was so tired after all that that I just had to get into bed immediately, with my shoes on? The owner has clearly been burned before. We accidentally booked two nights instead of one so when we tried to get our money back, front desk lady said... Sorry no money but we can pay you with something else.
"What can we give you worth [$9]?"
       "Mmm... How about beer?"
"We can give you free breakfast."
       "OK. But. Can we have beer instead?"
"We have food..."
       "But...beer."
"........Ok...4 beers?"
Yes.  One of the many things Kenya taught us is perseverance. If it's not the answer I want I'm just going to keep asking because, I mean, everything is negotiable, right? I'm just going to assume there is something lost in translation if you disagree. MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR? BEER. I SAID GIVE ME BEER. BEER. 50 baht? YOU SAID 50 BAHT?
       ...no I said 100.
FIFTY?? TAKE THIS 50. OK.
       Thank you...?

Mouth holes

Riding bikes, shopping, sleeping,talking to each other, blinking and breathing is just what we do in between meals.

AstASIA AbASIA

You may have noticed that the description of this blog is astasia  abasia, which is defined by Wikipedia as {n. The inability to walk in a normal manner. Patients exhibit an unusual and dramatic gait disturbance, lurching wildly in various directions and falling}. We chose this for our description for the following reasons:

1. This trip is about the opposite of the inability to walk, but, no matter your physical status, the ability to go anywhere.

2. We looked up words ending in 'Asia.'

3. Because we each only brought one pair of $2 shoes to walk in for the next 6 weeks.

4. Because the people pulling our pad Thai noodle engorged bodies and luggage in rickshaws will have severe symptoms of astasia abasia.

Kwaheri Kenya (Bye Kenya)

From July 23-September 17, Iwona and I will embark upon a journey through southeast Asia. We will chronicle our experiences through this 'blog' medium. We decided against littering your e-mail inboxes with weird rantings from wherever we are, so we leave it up to you to follow (the good choice) or not follow (an overall poor life decision).  

Honestly, I don't like this picture of either of us, but I think it is potentially a good representation of what is to come, based on the past- a lot of us sitting on the ground eating things that may or may not give us explosive diarrhea. Don't fret, though, we are vaccinated for like, everything. 

-J