Wolf Pack

For our last blog from Thailand, we decided to make a few lists of what we will miss and won't miss from Thailand. Things we will miss The kindness of the Thai people. Everyone here is so nice. Great and cheap food everywhere, including fruit. The scenery. Thailand is a place of beautiful landscapes. An $8 scooter rental for a day. Ang Thong National Marine Park People watching The respect people have for the King and Queen. Everyone here adores them. Things we won't miss The traffic laws that are nonexistant The smell. Everything smells kind of musty. No A/C anywhere except hotel rooms, shopping malls and 7/11 convenient stores Europeans in bikinis and speedos. Everyone trying to sell you a suit, taxi, tuk tuk, and knock off clothing. Things Thailand makes us app... read more

The 100 Degrees East Diving Team had a personal transport pick us up at the hotel this morning at around 8:45. The driver was right on time and we were on our way. Like most taxi/trasports, he drives on both sides of the road, completely disregarding traffic laws. It leads to some tense moments, but you get there quickly. Once we got to the dive shop, we had to fill out the usual liability release paperwork saying that if we died it wasn't their fault. Typical stuff. We waited for about 30 minutes for everyone to show up, and then we were off! The boat ride takes about an hour, and the first item on the agenda was a snorkeling outing next to a huge rock island. They gave each of us goggles, a snorkle, and ... read more

The day started off with a walk down the beach. We wanted to see the Grandmother and Grandfather rocks which are at the end of Lamai beach and we wanted to go in the morning since it is much cooler. We started walking and little did we know the end of the beach was about 2 miles away. It didn't look that far from where we started, but it really was and walking in sand made it seem even further. We finally made it to the end of the beach expecting to see these famous rocks, but we found out that we were not able to get to them unless we made a long swim around or went up into town and around the large cliffs we ran into. Since we did not have any shoes ... read more

We started out the day the way any beach vacation should start......laying on the beach. The hotel has lounge chairs set up with umbrellas over each one. I was up at about 6:30 so I went out and sat in the front row, dead center set of loungers. Kayde was up not too long after and met me out there. One thing about Ko Samui, there is no shortage of stray animals. We had a little dog friend spend about 3 hours underneath our lounge chairs this morning. It must have like the music I had playing on my phone. Who knew that Thai dogs like old country? We layed around until about noon and started to get hungry. There is a Thai man that sets up a little stand in the middle of the beach ... read more

So on our last full day in Bangkok, we decided to tone it down and try to relax some. I suggested a Thai massage, which I had previously heard of, but not exactly sure what it entailed. The description talks about yoga like moves to help stretch and relax the body. Kevin has never gotten a massage to begin with so of course he was a bit apprehensive, but he was willing to try it out with me. It turns out his apprehension was right on. We were proactive and looked up a highly rated spa around us and found one called Urban Retreat. It ended up being only a 10 minute walk down Suhkumvit (the large road next to our hotel). Once inside the spa we were each offered cold water and slippers to put ... read more