bangkok to koh phangan!

I'm in Koh Phangan! We made it yesterday afternoon, after being crammed on a ferry with hundreds of other backpackers and their backpacks. I wish I had pictures to show you - unfortunately I haven't yet found a place that can read my camera's SIM card, but here are a few highlights of our trip so far ...

- Finding a temple in a side street in Bangkok's Chinatown where the men were playing volleyball with a wicker ball ... but with their feet (though there was a volleyball net) ... and the women were on the sidelines, drinking beer.
- "Ten baht! Anywhere in bangkok, one hour!" "Sir, are you going to take us to tailors and jewelry stores and make us buy things?" "You just look, no buy, it's okay!" "No thanks." "Okay, five baht, anywhere, one hour!"
- Street Pad Thai in Bangkok, geren curry everywhere.
- Watching the sun set over the sea at our resort beach.

Oh and one more - as I'm typing this, a little lizard is running along the wall, heading for the power cables, I hope this post is autosaving because I think maybe the power will jus

Thailand, Flickr gallery

We're going to Thailand tomorrow!! It feels really surreal, but getting realer by the moment, our bags are packed and sitting ready by the sofa, we'll just grab them and go tomorrow morning. I refuse to bring shoes, so I'll be wearing 4 socks and sandals on the way to the airport in this cold mountain weather. Foolish! :)

I've been trying to dig through all of my pictures over the last few years to find the best ones, and to put them together in one set on Flickr. Here's what I've got so far, I'll be adding more when I get back from Thailand. Enjoy!

Flickr gallery set

back from the dead!

Well I haven't posted in a long while - almost 2 months, I guess. January ate me, unfortunately. I got food poisoning, then feverish bronchitis, all while our intensive English camps at the university were in full swing. But now I've bundled up the remaining bits of my body, sold them on eBay, and bought that brand new body I've always wanted. I'm back in action! :) Here's some other stuff that's been going on:

Nightly, Cathy transforms herself into a delightful ogress, much like Princess Fiona of Shrek fame:



We went on a little field trip to the site of Tae-wang-sa-shin-gi, a historical drama filmed on Jeju Island. Unfortunately, the rice wine had runneth dry.



Plus, I almost got bagged in a basket and sent to Marrakesh! Narrow escape.



Cathy and Mano and sparklers, New Year's 2008.



English camp dramas sometimes (often?) involve pirates, sailors, Pikachu (sans head) and dressing in drag.



Going to Thailand in 8 days!! More pictures to follow ...