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Kittee3
Member

10-19-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi everyone :-)

Just wanted to say hello and explain my absence from TVCH

A couple of months ago one of my two kitties was was diagnosed with Cancer. We had him since he was 8 weeks old for almost 10 years. His illness progressed very quickly and a few days before new years he was so week that he couldn't walk properly so we had to take him to the vet..... I hope he didn't suffer.

I still cry when I think about him -- and miss him.

Anyhow, I needed a break so I decided to take the winter semester off from school and travel (after almost 10 years without any real vacation) -- So here I am, typing at an internet cafe in Bangkok. Thailand is a very nice place to visit. Friendly people, inexpensive. Good food and relatively safe.

Got to run now, but miss my friends at TVCH so I wanted to say HI. (will be back mid-feb)


Maris
Member

03-27-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
sorry about your cat. Have a great vacation but make sure that your poultry is thoroughly cooked!!!!

Lucy
Member

06-06-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kitty, I'm sorry to hear about your sweet baby. Enjoy your vacation and keep us posted.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Kitteee!!! I am so sorry!! I have been so worried about you. I am glad you cked in!
Please call/email me when you get home!!
Is Mr. Kittee with you?

Upstate
Member

01-16-2004

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
sorry to hear about you "baby". it sure does hurt. would you mind posting more about bangkok??? that is one place i've always wanted to go. would love to hear the little things that a travel show/book would have in it. enjoy your stay!

Urgrace
Member

09-15-2002

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
MsMoon has been hoping to hear from you, MsKittee. Glad you checked in. What a wonderful thing to do for yourself after so many years without a vacation.

So sorry about your 10 year old kittyfriend.

Azriel
Member

10-21-2002

Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 2:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey Kittee, if you come through Singapore give me a holler. We can do lunch :-)

Oregonfire
Member

03-14-2002

Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow--that wasn't my experience in Bangkok. Guard your wallet very closely! Just be very wary of just about everyone. I know have horror stories than I care to mention about Thailand. (Not that I don't recommend going--just keep your wit's about you is all.)

Have fun Kittee3!

Bandit
Member

04-28-2003

Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So sorry to hear about your baby - and I'm sure he didn't suffer.

But so glad you're having a wonderful time in the Orient!!

Kittee3
Member

07-22-2001

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi again -- this time from Siem Reap (Cambodia) near Ankor Wat http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues04/feb04/angkorwat.html

Thanks for your kind words about my kitty -- still sad when I think about him but there are a lot of distractions when travelling.

Cambodians are very friendly -- if you are planning a vacation and can tolerate very high humidity - -then Ankor Wat is fantastic!!! One of the most impressive "wonders of the world" that I have ever seen. Sophisticated architecture and engineering executed hundreds of years ago -- with beautiful, intricate carvings and details in the stone. A little more expensive than Thailand but very affordable by US standards.

Miss you all on the board -- (and missed Survivor premier :-( -- but will catch up on tape when I get back).

Pamy -- MrKittee is at home -- Couldn't get time offat work .

Azriel -- sorry I won't be in Singapore this time -- maybe next time. Thanks for invite -- and back at you -- if you are in Los Angeles area, come visit :-)

Upstate -- I will try to write more about BKK when I get back...

Oregonfire - -Thanks for concern -- I generaly am very cautious and aware, whereever I travel -- I have heard stories of theft from cheap guesthouses and tourist buses in Bangkok, but not "violent" crimes....

That's all for now. "see you" all soon.




Lancecrossfire
Moderator

07-13-2000

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kittee--great to hear from you! It sounds like you are having a wonderful trip! Have you had any foods you thought unusual and good?

It's nice to hear you are being greeted in a friendly way.

Kittee3
Member

07-22-2001

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Lancecrossfire: -- now that you mention it, this would be a great place to train to be on Survivor -- In Thailand I saw worms, cockroaches and crickets and today I passed through a town in Cambodia where one of the specialties is deepfried spiders (tarantulas?).

Personally I have not tried any of them... but I hear they aren't too bad :D

I caught a bus early this morning from Siem Reap to Phenom Penh -- the road is partially a dirt road in some places, poorly paved with pot holes in others, but it appears that they are working on improving the road. Eight hours on a bus in high humidity without A/C would have been quite dusty and hot so I was lucky that the A/C was working.

This evening for dinner I ate at a local restaurant, where they bring a little "stove" on to your table, with a clay pot filled with soup and little pork meatballs. Then you also get plates of green veggies, mushrooms, noodles and raw beef, which you put in the soup using chopsticks to cook. After a few minutes you then serve yourself from the clay pot,into a small bowl, adding chili paste if you like it hot. It was very tasty, ample portion and cost $2.50 -- it might be less for locals as multi-tiered pricing is practiced here for tourists, but very reasonable for such a nice filling meal.

Having fun here but looking forward to coming home soon and catching up on the boards, and the new season of Survivor :-)

So many things I take for granted at home -- incl. unlimited internet access -- and luckily access here so far is ok -- slower than at home, but not hideously so :-)

Be back soon -- wish you all well!!!



Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for checking in MsKittee!!! Have a safe trip home and talk to you soon