1-27-07

Back in Thailand but now I'm traveling in the Southern islands. I arrived in Vientienne, Laso after a very long (and unenjoyable bus ride) from Laos and after some thought, decided to bite the bullet and take a plane from Vientienne to Bangkok and then Ko Samui. Marije met me at the airport with her friend Jacco and I was soon taking a blissful shower in a very Western guesthouse. As I got out of the shower we realized that Marije had left her mobile phone in a taxi. We called about 3 or 4 times but nothing. She used Jacco's phone to call home and cancel her SIM card so that no one would be able to make calls with it. Luckily, the next time we tried to call her phone someone picked up and it was the owner at a store right down the street, apparently it had fallen out of the cab! We rushed over and got the phone, trying to give the store owner a reward but she wouldn't take it. We bought some beers to celebrate instead.

Right, I'm feeling a bit schizophrenic so I'm just going to post photos and then storian smol long hem.

I love big dogs and big dogs love me. We found this Rotweiller on the beach on Ko Tao and he was just the friendliest thing ever. There are so many dogs on Ko Tao but they're all healthy and for the most part friendly, I haven't had to "Kuse!" one yet! There's one I'm always looking for, a beautiful white and brown Huskie who just looks miserable all the time. Sometimes he sprawls out like a bear rug and won't move for what seems like the whole day.




We crossed the island of Ko Tao yesterday, taking time to take a break on the foundation of a house that overlooks the ocean. After we walked down we found a small resort and I got the owner to open up a sprouting coconut, it was the first time I got to eat navara in months, it was so soft and sweet, just like on Tongoa. Later this guy in the photo ate a hibiscus flower. I don't know what his problem is, eating foliage like he owns it.




Marije, caught off guard taking a photo of the coast.

Hemi olsem meri blong mi. Mi mi harem glad taem mi stap wetem hem from mi neva faenem wan woman olsem. Ating spos hemi stap long aelan ol man bae i ded long hem. Hem tu i gat wan blog: http://www.marijejelly.waarbenjij.nu/

Traem luk samting ia from ples ia tu i gat sam foto blong mi wetem hem. Spos hemi bin stap long Vanuatu taem mi bin stap ating mi no wantem drink kava nating.


We tried to watch the sunset on the beach but there were too many clouds to try to see the green flash. Our guesthouse is very close to the beach which is great except that there are three bars VERY close and they all want to play the "Who has the loudest music?" game. The Red Hot Chili Peppers start to sound very annoying around 2:45 AM, especially when you know all the clientèle at the bars are old while men talking with young Thai women, yech!





The aforementioned sunset off the coast of Ko Tao.













Here I am back in Luang Prabang, at a guesthouse except they have an eagle!

Look!

Sure it just sits there all day and poops everywhere but it's a fucking eagle! I wanted to get closer but I'm a bit leary about wild pirds of prey. Later on the same guesthouse got a monkey (maybe to play with the eagle, who knows) but I wasn't there.




This is Doug, my travel buddy and fellow RPCV on some random land mass in Laos. We took a boat ride up to Muang Noi but had to get out and walk because we were too heavy. Of course Doug is happy because he's Doug. Everyone else was not so happy.