sigh

well, we have three words for you. rain rain rain

it has been pouring rain almost non-stop now for FOUR days. we are tired of it. we both kind of have the feeling of laying in bed for too long when you are sick. we've been trying to do what activites we can under the circumstances, but it is becoming difficult. this afternoon we gave up and just went and got in the pool at our new hotel anyway. we are now staying at Lonely Beach, at the Siam Beach Resort. interesting place, not my favorite of the trip so far, but fine.

the boat to koh mak got canceled AGAIN. it only leaves every other day, so now we have waited for 4 days to go. we will try again on sat if it is not raining then. we think we are on the outskirts of a typhoon that hit china so hopefully the rain will end tomorrow. or tonight... as soon as it can will be ok with us.

last night at bang bao in our sea hut, the wind was blowing so hard it scared me! jamie said he was not scared, but we could feel our hut moving in the wind and i started thinking all kinds of thoughts. i think knowing that a tsunami occurred a couple of years ago puts the fear of big storms in my head, esp while not at home! you lose a certain sense of safety while traveling, which is part of the rush of being away from home and in such a different place. but then again, it is nice to feel safe.

we are sleeping very well. jamie says in the past few nights he has slept better than he has in years! this is very good news. i think we are at a place now where we are no longer jet lagged, and we are relaxed and just getting into being where we are and taking the day as it comes.

the most lovely part of the past few days has been sitting in our litle hut with the doors open, having some gin and tonics, and chatting the evening away as the boats come in and out of the harbor. very fun times hanging out together.

bang bao was really my favorite place so far. people were not pushing us to buy things or take their boat trip. it truly was a small village. this morning as we were having a delightful omelet and toast breakfast, the guy from the boat company just came in to tell us the boat was cancelled. he knew where we were eating, the place is so small. it was nice and made us feel like we were in a village with some genuine people. speaking of breakfast, i have to complain about the lack of decent milk here. i do not know why but the milk sucks! and the coffee is so black that i need me some half and half, but they give us this kind of watered-down soy milk. it is yellowish which is why i think it is soy...definitely not cream! i miss the delights of chai in the morning (and afternoon and evening) while in india.

last night we tried some seaweed flavored potato chips. they were fine, couldn't taste any seaweed though. jamie tried some puffed edamame flavored snacks too, but he ate them too early in the morning for me to stomach them. i had green curry again for lunch today but it made me feel like i drank a cup of acid. so maybe i need to cut back on that a little. jamie had fried noodles with chicken. yesterday we tried some scallops. they said they were fried, but so far fried has been pan fried in butter for us. well, i ordered fried scallops in yellow curry and jamir got sweet and sour. they came out deep fried in batter, and they had sauteed my deep fried scallops in addition and the fried batter came off the scallops and made a clumpy nasty mess. it was gross. who fries scallops? they were tough and chewy and not the delight we thought they would be. it was yucky and made us feel that dinner was just an unappetizing prospect, so we skipped it.

so, we are not sure what tomorrow will bring, we might move to another beach, we might do something else, we just don't know yet.

hugs to you guys, love all the comments!
jo and jamie