Sawasdee khup! Greetings from Lamai Beach, Ko Samui, Thailand. Over three weeks have passed already. but to be honest there's not much to report on so far. Life for us currently loosely revolves (in no particular order) around the beach, green curry, dogs, the world cup, sudoku, more beach, lots of sunblock, the occasional long bus ride & the King of Thailand. Yes, life is good. Beautiful beach, almost endless sunshine & good food. We were planning to stay here a couple of days but we've just decided to extend again to about three weeks in this spot.... But back to the beginnng: Bangkok was blisteringly hot. I'm not sure how reliable our Kathmandu thermometer is (sorry Amber), but apparently it was over 50 degrees one day (that's over 120 fahrenheit) - the needle went off
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