back from Thailand!

Well, I'm back in Korea! We arrived last Sunday night and collapsed at our local pub and ordered a big pot of bu-dae-chigae, a kimchi soup with all kinds of things like dumplings and sausages mixed in, and chilled out after about 24 hours of flights and waiting. Wow, I'm realizing as I re-read what I just wrote that it might not seem to appealing to you, but believe me, that soup is AMAZING.

But before there was the weariness of returning from a long trip there was ... THAILAND!!





Suzanne came down from Chiang Mai and hung out for a few days on the beach in Koh Phangan and played frisbee with us. Oh yeah, and we got some killer beachside massages.



Then we headed north on the ferry to a little island called Koh Tao, which has one of the best reputations for scuba diving schools in the world. Plus - beautiful sunsets.



Here's one of me right before suiting up for a dive! They gave us a DVD to take home with footage from one of our dives, I'll try and edit it and put some clips on Youtube a little later. The waters were crystal clear, I couldn't believe the colors of the coral and anenomes down there.



Back in Bangkok on our way out, we made friends with one of the ladies running the street food carts. Those three piles of food in the background are different types of noodles - Thai and Chinese. Man, I really love food. That's all for now, more to come! The school year just started here and I've been busy making lesson plans - I'm teaching my first credit classes this semester! Wish me luck ...