sorry for my incommunicado-ness, all. i've been island hopping the last few weeks in the gulf of thailand and have been just too lazy to write. the last three weeks or so have been great - marked by a wedding, a bike crash, a full moon party, and a crapload of scandinavians. i arrived in samui a few days before the wedding and promptly managed to crash my rented africa twin motorcycle on a gnarly mountain dirt road. the bike and i were relatively unhurt, me escaping with a few minor cuts and scratches and a bruised foot that looked like a purple bloated pig bladder for a few days. to those of you reading this right now, smiling and shaking your head, muttering, 'oh, chan, chan, chan,' i say, 'yeah. i know. piss off.' to
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