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Dreaming of warm beaches

13. October 2006

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Dreaming of warm beaches

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.  [...]

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Koh Phi Phi

5. September 2006

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Koh Phi Phi

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 [...]

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The last few days in Phuket

3. September 2006

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The last few days in Phuket

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 [...]

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Thantakit Dental

25. August 2006

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Thantakit Dental

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 [...]

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First day in Bangkok

23. August 2006

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First day in Bangkok

After a one hour layover in Taipei, I arrived last night in Bangkok around 11pm.  An hour later, I had cleared the long line at customs and hoped that I hadn’t miss the last bus out of the airport.  Fortunately, the airport bus runs from 5:30 am to 12:30 am, and I was able to [...]

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