Trip Statistics, Part Deux

It is a bit untimely as I feel like I have been gone from Thailand for so long (while in reality it has only been about four days. Factor in jet lag also.) but I have compiled the latest trip statistics from Cambodia and Thailand. Credit is due to Geri Farr - travel companion - for helping to brainstorm. Thanks Jezza.

8004 - number of mysterious smells along the way. Some we reasoned were due to non-flushing toilets and stillwater "creeks" that may have never even moved in their lifetime.

16 - number of days Geri and I have mourned the passing of our time in Ko Chang.
16 - number of days we have been away from Ko Chang.

9 - the degree of comfort we felt by the end of our Thailand trip, from 1-10 with 1 being extremely modest and 10 being completely liberated, walking around in just bathing suits which is quite strange for "the more layers the better" Krissy. Do not worry, there was no nudity. But along those lines...

196 out of 198 - number of pairs of exposed female breasts on the beach in Ko Pangan (197 and 198 being Geri and myself. AKA the prudes)

60%/30%/10% - in Thailand, the percentages of Scandinavian/Australian/Thai people inhabiting the islands, respectively.

2 - number of temporary pet dogs we accumulated who would follow us home at night and sleep on our porch. Appropriately named by us: Chewy - he had fleas, and Tripod - he was missing a leg

0-1 - number of intellectually stimulating conversations we would have per day. The rest would be discussions about food, tans, and shopping.

20 - numbers of kilos gained by all of us. Bring on the pad thai, shakes, and zero exercise. Fabulous.

New addictions:

-sweetened condensed milk. YUM. Do not laugh, it is in everything here and delicious!
-banana shakes. And for someone who does not like bananas...
-pad thai, amok fish, etc. the local staples of each country. That is all I will be eating when I return.
-Diet Coke/Sprite. I hate that I an supporting the monster evil company known as Coca Cola, but they are so thirst quenching! Really!
-eggs. Fried, even better. I have to have them every morning. Have to.
-floral dresses. Move over shorts, I now have too many flowery frocks. I am a girl again.

Most overused sentences/phrases:

This is just heaven.
Remember on Ko Chang when...
I have not stopped sweating. / I am SO hot.

Ok, that should give you an idea of our time in Thailand. Heaven it was. We are here in Paris now where it is between ten to twenty degrees (celcius) colder than in Thailand, meaning I have no clothes for this place. I have a plethora of tank tops and shorts (and floral dresses) that may need to wait a few weeks to be worn unless there is a heat wave that hits Europe.

It is gorgeous here, just like I remember it, so I am having my usual what-can-I-do-to-live-here thoughts and dreams, so if anyone knows of any Paris-based job openings (non-French speaking) please pass them along. The only hard thing is that we have been in countries where the average meal is about two dollars and we have paid roughly five to ten dollars a night for hotels, so being here with all of its croissants and baguettes and 5 dollar coffee is too tempting when you are on a budget. The only other hard things are these strange french computer keyboards which will explain the lack of apostrophes in this entry since I am too lazy to figure out where it is. So all is good.

On Sunday we leave for Amsterdam. And since many of you have been out this way before please let me know of any suggestions for places to see there, or in Prague and Berlin where we will be going after.

Au revoir my friends!