from Hua Hin

June 16th, 2007 by Carter Faison

Zoe and I decided to take a day off from work and are spending the day in Hua Hin. After about two hours we decided to get off the beach and cool down a bit. The only places with Air Con are the internet cafes and McDonalds, and after wanting to throw up all my french fries we decided to go to the internet cafe down the street from the beach. We started off the day with a little starbucks, made the worst sand castles in the world, and came within to inches of a jelly fish. Although the beach is really nice, I’m looking forward to the nicer Koh Samet at the end of the month. We plan to wander around town for a bit and head to Tesco to get a few sweets before returning to the centre around 5:30.

A baby langur came to the centre yesterday evening. It wasn’t expected to live through the night but by morning it was doing much better. Mark, the vet, said it could pull through but problems like this seem to return. Also, 4 new Hawks and a Sea Eagle were rescued on Thursday from Bangkok. There are talks of a new elephant and maybe another monkey.

I’ve really settled into life at WFFT. It really did seem a bit stressful at first, but now I feel at ease with the whole living situation. Although I’ve been sweating like a prostitute in church, I’m able to stand the heat much better than at first. A fan seems suitable enough for 100 degree heat, right? And I don’t know what I’m going to do when I get to come home and flush my toilet paper, or let alone flush… It really isn’t as bad as it sounds, and it makes me think we have too much unnecessary crap in the states.

I think I may head back into the heat and explore the town. Wish me luck in prostitute dodging!

-Carter