Back from Thailand

Back in Singapore now. Man, it's a weird weird feeling. You wake up in one country and then by the end of the day you're in another! It's just so random, all of a sudden you're in a whole new place with a different culture etc.

As an aside, I find airports sort of like this neutral zone, does anyone else find this? It's like you're neither here nor there. Like you're basically in between countries. Weird. I have been in three different airports in the last week. It's crazy!

Anyway, Thailand was an experience in itself! It's just insane, hot and smelly (if you're walking) and reasonably difficult to communicate well with anyone. But it was fun. We did LOTS of shopping in Bangkok - Isaac even got a suit made for relatively cheap - and were only attempted to be ripped off once be a taxi driver. But we managed. The first hostel we checked into (at $5 a night!) was not as awesome as we hoped it would be - bed like a stone tablet and barely a lock on the door - so we checked out after a night. We upgraded our living conditions to a place that charged $15 a night and had a deadlock and free breakfast! Stoked!

Phuket was awesome. We didn't didn't strike out on the hostel this time and it was a great place to stay. Lots of people. Everything was marginally more expensive than BKK but still not THAT expensive. Potong beach (where the tsunami hit) was not as awesome as anticipated.

But we did manage to take a boat out to Kainui island and squeeze in some snorkeling! It was awesome! (Excepting the fish that tried to eat my knee...) But, for that part of the trip I will let the photos speak for themselves...

Waiting for the boat - all gear included!

The Port Manager is ALWAYS responsible...

The bay we left from. (And Isaac's arm...)

Kainui Island...gorgeous, right?

Mmm...sun :)

Fishies under the water...you can see them, right??

Island = Paradise

Boats :)

And...so that you can see my current hairstyle properly...


And now it's bedtime :) Four days till home...will be nice!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I must be old...could barely even stay up to 12am last night. It probably would have been nice to ring in 2008 in some sort of spectacular party-type fashion. But I'm just too old - I've seen 23 new years...perhaps they just lose their glamor after awhile.

Anyway, we have been here for two weeks now - and this is the first time I've had the opportunity to sit down and blog.

Weird, huh? I hate how you actually find time to do stuff and then you just have nothing to say.

We've eaten A LOT since we've been here - what pigs!!! And we've seen some of the sights and done a LOT of shopping. Planning on hitting the zoo tomorrow - school holidays are finally over here. No more screaming kids!! Yay! But it has been fun. Has also been good to catch up with family as I really don't see them all that often. Also really good to meet family members that I have never met - namely Josh!!!

This is wee Joshie - and also David

Isn't he gorgeous? The little yellow train is Molly (as he will tell you a billion times a day) he loves his Thomas trains. He is the cutest little thing ever - he's only two and a half and will repeat everything he says to you over and over again. He is also incredibly shy, but over the past two weeks he has warmed to us considerably.

He is currently my wee favorite! He is also currently in Hong Kong at the moment - but they'll be back on the 4th and hopefully we will see him and the family again before they head back to Perth.

Thailand really soon. Can't wait!! Despite slight fears that we will somehow be saddled up as drug mules. I shall take no parcels from people there.