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This is where I wish I was right now.  And to think, I was here about one month ago today. Colors have been given some oomph with saturation.  (Click for larger view.) Tomorrow morning around 5:30 am, I’m heading to the woods with my parents to go mushroom picking.  No, not those kinds of mushrooms.  [...]

  For two friends (and Korea alum) who share the same birthday.  She’s kickin’ ass in Vienna.  He’s beachin’ it up in Hawaii. 

Guess where I’m going, and what I’m doing tomorrow???  Here are hints.       I don’t plan on telling my parents until after I get back, but I’m going skydiving!  Hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow telling you how it was.  Oops… I probably jinxed myself, didn’t I?

These are pictures from the first day on Koh Phi Phi, or better known as where “The Beach” was filmed. When the ferry from Phuket manuevered into a small bay with a small beach, I wondered what we were doing there. After arriving on Phi Phi, someone told me that was “Maya Bay”, the beach [...]

I’m still here in It has been perfect beach weather for the last 3 days – not too hot, and a nice breeze. Two beach chairs and a little table were going for 100 baht. The following two pictures are of the first sunset we saw in Phuket. I think the two biggest attractions of [...]

Ras and I made it to Phuket safe and sound. It actually wasn’t too bad of a ride down south, especially with some Lorazepam the pharmicist gave me. Upon arriving at Kata beach (a smaller and quieter beach of Phuket), it rained all day. With the rain pouring down, we soon realized there wasn’t much [...]

After my dentist appointment yesterday, I went to the shopping center, "Siam Paragon."  I figured I’d browse, eat, and catch a movie.  I don’t know when this place opened, but it looks brand new.  The whole first floor of the mall was a gourmet food court and supermarket.  The area was modern, spacious, and a [...]

I arrived at my dental appointment an hour late because my taxi driver didn’t know where he was going.  Still, he was a nice guy as he chit-chatted about Laotians visiting Bangkok from Nong Khai and how much money they had because they could afford to do that (yeah right, the Lao are rich).  He [...]

Since this is my 5th time back to Thailand, some of you are probably wondering why I didn’t go somewhere else for a vacation.  I would have loved to have gone to Sulawesi, Indonesia, because as "Noodles" had said, the diving was so great, “I would have shit my pants”.  The main reason I’m here [...]