Bangkok Again

I made it back! It was quite a trip, let me tell you. Most of it was not fun. We hopped onto the Songserm Express Ferry from Koh Samui at 1:30pm, which took 2 hours to get to Surrat Thani. That wasn’t any faster than the regular ferry, but whatever. On the way,...

Bent into shape

Feb 16, 5pm It’s 5pm now and it feels like nothing at all has occurred today. That’s just fine with me. I got up to secure our rooms for one more night. No trouble there. The rest of the day was just relaxing. I had an excellent chicken sandwich on a...

Best. Meal. Evar.

Feb 15, noon What a relief. I’m in my new room at the Lamai Inn 99 resort. It’s a quiet collection of bungalows right on the beach, and just a block away from town. It’s much better than the Bill Resort where we stayed last night, and about half the...

Late Entry from Samui

Feb 12, 8:30pm We’re just getting ready to head out for dinner. There are lots of great seafood places have a bed of fresh seafood in front. You point at the fish or giant prawns that you want to eat, and they will weigh and cook them for you right away. Today...

PADI Open Water Diver

Feb 10, 7:30pm It was another intense day today. I was up early to get some of my scuba homework done before class at 9am, but ended up chatting with Tan’s friend Sarah instead. She joined us in Patong late last night, and she’s also doing a rather random...