Farang on a motor bike
So I made good on my promise to rent a motor bike. It was kinda comical, because i rented it at this little place, but the guy had a new, automatic bike to rent. Luckily it was on this uncrowded, back alley. I got on the bike, and was like, "How do you make this go?" Opps, I gave it a little to much gas and took off like a bat out of hell!!
Anyway, I stayed on the back streets, and then worked my way up to right turns and the city traffic, and i was feeling pretty damn good!
I decided to go to the university since it is so pretty there! No problem, so I decided to just keep going up the hill cause I knew that there is a temple about 17 km up the hill. That's not too far in miles, right? Anyway, needless to say, I wasn't going to fast, and it ended up being so steep with all of these absolutely crazy turns and switchbacks. The air felt clean and cool, but i was praying to Buddha, Lord Jesus, Devi, Kahli, Archangel Michael, all of the above. By the time that I got to the temple it was about to be getting dark, so I got back on my motorbike to take the even scarier ride down the hill with the brakes on the whole way, at about 10 km/hr!! I'll go check out the temple in a bus tomorrow!!
Anyway, I remember writing these manifestos for a art class that I took, this is one of them: I DO NOT LIKE GOING DOWN HILLS FAST ON BIKES, SKIS, OR SNOWBOARDS. STRAP ME INTO A ROLLARCOASTER OR A PUT A PARACHUTE ON MY BACK AND I'LL BE FINE!! It was fine, I just went really slow!!
I love how all the locals are whizzing by me though, 3 people to a bike with no helmets, no thank you! I'll stick to the streets!
Today was my first day of class, I'm learning how to say, "Hello, my name is meagan, I come from California! It'll be no time before I am fluent!
Anyway, I stayed on the back streets, and then worked my way up to right turns and the city traffic, and i was feeling pretty damn good!
I decided to go to the university since it is so pretty there! No problem, so I decided to just keep going up the hill cause I knew that there is a temple about 17 km up the hill. That's not too far in miles, right? Anyway, needless to say, I wasn't going to fast, and it ended up being so steep with all of these absolutely crazy turns and switchbacks. The air felt clean and cool, but i was praying to Buddha, Lord Jesus, Devi, Kahli, Archangel Michael, all of the above. By the time that I got to the temple it was about to be getting dark, so I got back on my motorbike to take the even scarier ride down the hill with the brakes on the whole way, at about 10 km/hr!! I'll go check out the temple in a bus tomorrow!!
Anyway, I remember writing these manifestos for a art class that I took, this is one of them: I DO NOT LIKE GOING DOWN HILLS FAST ON BIKES, SKIS, OR SNOWBOARDS. STRAP ME INTO A ROLLARCOASTER OR A PUT A PARACHUTE ON MY BACK AND I'LL BE FINE!! It was fine, I just went really slow!!
I love how all the locals are whizzing by me though, 3 people to a bike with no helmets, no thank you! I'll stick to the streets!
Today was my first day of class, I'm learning how to say, "Hello, my name is meagan, I come from California! It'll be no time before I am fluent!
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