Caitlin and I arrived at Khao San Rd. at about 4am, and fortunately, the place I had in mind to sleep at was affordable and counted 4am as the following day - so we were really getting two nights for the price of one. We slept lightly until 8am when Kayleigh emailed that she made it, and we met her for McDonald's breakfast and brought her back to the room. The rest of the day, we just went to the Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho), walked back to Khao San and shopped around. I wasn't feeling great and called it an early night as the girls had a late one.
The next day, we found ourselves a nice rooftop pool to lounge at before the girls got their bus to Chiang Mai. I booked a cheap room at the guesthouse attached to Green House restaurant - biggest mistake yet.
In the morning, I woke up covered in what I thought were simple rashes, but I wasn't sure what it was. In an attempt to forget about the itchiness, I met up with my friend, Paul, that I met in Malaysia, and we went to MBK, the art museum and caught the new JT film, "In Time."
The rashes weren't getting better, and I stopped at various pharmacies and concluded that it was bed bugs. I avoided my room and hung around on the couches at the hostel. Then, I saw a bed bug crawling on my purse. After a full day of research, I knew a bed bug when I saw one. I Skyped home, and my brothers helped me figure out how to get rid of the monsters and found me a nice place to stay at for the night - sponsored by my parents.
At this point, I was nearly in tears from the pain, itchiness and leper-like welts forming all over my back and arms. Thinking about ridding my belongings of these awful insects was even more upsetting. This was the worst thing that's happened on my travels yet, and I was alone. At least I had the support of my family, and Dave's iPhone! I left everything but my money, passport and iPhone and went to the nice hotel. In the morning, I rushed around all day finding a place that could wash everything I own (including my backpack) and dry it for longer than normal. I still can't be sure if they really did. I even bought something new to wear on the spot and took off what I was wearing. I packed everything in plastic bags within my backpack and hoped for the best upon my arrival in Kathmandu. As you can imagine, I didn't sleep properly for the next week. Be sure to thoroughly check those beds for bugs and small feces stains on the sheets - monsters!!
The next day, we found ourselves a nice rooftop pool to lounge at before the girls got their bus to Chiang Mai. I booked a cheap room at the guesthouse attached to Green House restaurant - biggest mistake yet.
In the morning, I woke up covered in what I thought were simple rashes, but I wasn't sure what it was. In an attempt to forget about the itchiness, I met up with my friend, Paul, that I met in Malaysia, and we went to MBK, the art museum and caught the new JT film, "In Time."
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The rashes weren't getting better, and I stopped at various pharmacies and concluded that it was bed bugs. I avoided my room and hung around on the couches at the hostel. Then, I saw a bed bug crawling on my purse. After a full day of research, I knew a bed bug when I saw one. I Skyped home, and my brothers helped me figure out how to get rid of the monsters and found me a nice place to stay at for the night - sponsored by my parents.
At this point, I was nearly in tears from the pain, itchiness and leper-like welts forming all over my back and arms. Thinking about ridding my belongings of these awful insects was even more upsetting. This was the worst thing that's happened on my travels yet, and I was alone. At least I had the support of my family, and Dave's iPhone! I left everything but my money, passport and iPhone and went to the nice hotel. In the morning, I rushed around all day finding a place that could wash everything I own (including my backpack) and dry it for longer than normal. I still can't be sure if they really did. I even bought something new to wear on the spot and took off what I was wearing. I packed everything in plastic bags within my backpack and hoped for the best upon my arrival in Kathmandu. As you can imagine, I didn't sleep properly for the next week. Be sure to thoroughly check those beds for bugs and small feces stains on the sheets - monsters!!
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