koh chang

we are here at te island of koh chang. no tsunami on the horizon, so those of you with an inkling of worry need to let it go!

we have been very busy tourists.

can anyone say"Pussy Pingpong"??? we'll tell ya about that later, in real life!

it is hot right here where i am typing so this is going to be short.

the clouds here are super cool. never seen such a mix of louds in my life! love it! and the storm will come in fast, sometimes rain, sometimes just threaten rain. it has been overcast, whihc has kept things cool.

i am very happy with the trees and fruting plants. coconut, rubber trees (very interesting, that), papaya, mangoe, cactus "trees", pineapple plants, a tree that will heal and eel sting....i have to admit that i never thought baout how pineapples grow and was shocked to see them coming out of a thistle, but then it all made sense. a lady told us about the rubber trees, that the rubber juice is collected in coconuts halves, then rolled into sheets by hand, then sold to rubber companies to make tires and stuff. wow.

jamie was thrilled last night to fin a beach side restaraunt with fresh fish on ice right there! this is the hut kind of place, and he loved the king prawns! he had king prawns with coconut and lmongrass soup and i had squid in red curry. today was some pad thai for jamie and some fish bal green curry for me. interesting texture and delicious noodles!

he beach sight is gorgeous. not too many peple, very relaxing. there are swings that o out over the water which is really cool. mosquiters not too bad, but present.

our hotel is quite fancy which ta first had me in a tizzy cuz i am not used to such fanciness. now i feel good about it, but it took me awhile to get over my thriftiness. (i will never get over that, but i can let it go a little for now...) nice bungalow on the beach.

i must say that koh chang in high season seems to be a freaking nightmare of parties and farang (westerners). we are super super glad we are here in the off season or it woul dbe like one big ole bele cher.

monday we are off to a smller island to the south called koh mak. we'll see what it is like and if we like it we will stay and if not we will come back here.

internet is pain to get to here, so don't worry if you don't hear form us or awhile. i do not even know if we have it on koh mak at all. don't fret, it is totally easy to be here and we are havin a great time.

bye!

ps. jamie just reminded me that today we got to go pet the elephants! three of them had babies! they were rolling around like puppies, it was AWESOME! we fed them some sugarcane and that was cool, their trunks are very strong. tomorrow we will go on a ride and we get to bathe with them in the river! jamie also rented a scooter today and we drove around a bit on that and it was very fun to see some things on the island and smell the wonderful smells! he was a very good and safe driver, and we both wore helmets, even though we are the only ones on the island wearing them. better safe then sorry as they say!