Sidenote #1

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SIDENOTE #1

One of the cool things about our trip so far has been not the quality of our experiences, but the variety of them. For instance, one night we were eating dinner at a candlelit table on the beach in Ko Phi Phi, drinking beer and eating Thai Green Curry with fresh prawns the size of turkey legs. While the night before we were enjoying a delicious meal of lays potato chips (two flavors-"shrimp paste" and "sour cream and onion") in a hotel that charges by the hour in a delapidated room that had curious brown smears on the walls (reminiscent of human fecal matter). Or one week we were climbing the steps to an unbelievable behemoth of a buddha statue with amazing views, while the very next week we were enjoying pad thai and a chang beer across from a transsexual thai prostitute and her/ its Russian client. (awesome) On Monday we were enjoying the views of a crystal clear bay and the accompanying sunset from a traditional longtail boat, and on Friday were were riding in a 4x4 ft elevator with 12 other sweaty and smelly humans to our shoebox-sized room in a 16 floor Hong Kong tenement. I guess overall, we've learned that great moments (such as enjoying a dinner by the river in Krabi consisting of freshly grilled fish-on-a-stick and the most amazing breaded and fried mussels) are made better by enduring the not so great moments (such as a 12 hour, extremely uncomfortable bus ride where we were forced to watch/listen to the vocal and musical stylings of a "famous" Thai pop star, who Erin and I have endearingly named Justin Timbathai)

Anyhow, here are some more pictures. Take care everyone.

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Photos

Ko Phi Phi
Longtail boats and an approaching storm.

Chang Beer
Drinking beer and playing cards.

Krabi Town
Overlooking the river and limestone monolith.

Krabi Town
More Chang beer by the river.

Ko Samui
View from our bungalow in Ko Samui.

Hat Lamai
Hat Lamai in Ko Samui

Hat Lamai
Hat Lamai in Ko Samui

Comments

[anonymous]

Holy crap that's hilarious. I can't find Aily Home...the phone doesn't work, the address doesn't make sense. I'll keep looking, but for your price I might find you a hotel.