Friday, December 28, 2012

Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite!

After 2 awesome jet lagged days in Bangkok, Kyle and I were off to meet up with Kim in the South of Thailand in a beautiful coastal town called Krabi.  The second we arrived at our hotel, she ran up to us, gave us a great big hug and said "OMG so happy to see you, you're finally here!  Guess what?!  I think we have bedbugs!"  Well don't beat around the bush, friend.

So we went in the room to check things out.  She said she wasn't sure, but then she practically got out her magnifying glass and a chart showing all the different places bed bugs may hide, what they look like dead and alive, and well, I was pretty sure she was sure.  I snapped a couple of pictures of the nasty things that we found hiding on the side of the mattress and we headed to the front desk lady who barely spoke English to try to get our money back.  It took a lot of pleading and frowning and semi-angry hand gestures, but she finally gave us the cash back, then INSTANTLY RENTED THE ROOM TO SOME POOR SAPS WALKING IN AFTER US (they didn't speak English either and it's harder than you think to act out bed bugs, so there wasn't much we could do!)


Exhibits A and B
He's actually indifferent to Krabi
We then left Kyle with our backpacks and started running around in search of somewhere to stay for the night in a resort town, on the water, at 8pm, on a Friday night.  We tried I think 4 places that were all super fancy and about a million dollars a night- AND refused to haggle with us (more on this later- but I'll just say people aren't quite as interested in haggling as everyone leads you to believe!)  Finally we found a fairly empty fancy resort that was actually willing to negotiate and we were able to get a 3 person room with glorious AC, free wireless, AND AN INFINITY POOL (I know!!!!) for $33 each for the night.  It was approx $23 outside our budget each, but worth every penny.  We threw down our bags, jumped straight in the pool, and had an amazing bedbug-free nights sleep.   -Ashley

Reunited and it feels so good!
To infinity pool...and beyond!

5 comments:

  1. Finally an update from you! Can't wait for more! Miss you, friend :)

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    1. Friend how do you do this everyday! It's so hard! But super fun :) I see why you like it so much. It may be easier if we had more internets and didn't end up trying to post from our iPhones half the time... More updates soon, promise!

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  2. I need more juicy details please! Someone start making out with some foreigners, stat - and then write about it here despite potential grandma pageviews ;) Love y'all!

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  3. Early b-day present? Found it!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlENZcpg3es

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    1. Hahah YES please! We seriously need that. Especially now that we're headed to Laos (we think). I'm guessing there may be more potential bed bug situations there than there were in Thailand. :/

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