hi!
it stopped raining sometime yesterday and we have been busy laying in the sun by the pool all day today! we have moved to a new beach. called white sand beach. it is the most populated beach on the island, but it has the most sand and our hotel, cookie's hotel, is very nice.
we have been seeing many interesting old men with hot young thai wives. so many, in fact, that we coined a term for them: "farthai". this is a mix of the thai word for white ourists, "farang" , and of course the word "thai". it is a little weird. some very unattractive older men with some YOUNG thai women. mail order brides? women trying to get some security? if anyone can shed light on this we would appreciate it.
our last hotel, Siam Beach resort, turned out to be a real crap hole. in general it was really run down and there was lots of trash around. and ants in our room. and then in the middle of the night we awoke to a crashing which i thought was a plastic chair falling into the bathroom. we kind of ignored it, but i made jamie get up and check the bathroom in case somehow someone was there. but there was nothing. then in the morning we were trying to leave our room and something was blocking the door...the sheetrock from the ceiling outside! it had gotten wet and the screws just went righ on through and there it was, hanging from the light and soem live wires! we tried to tell the staff, but we don't think they understood what we were saying. we left with the whole mess there untouched.
when we got here to the cokki hotel, i went out to the porch and adjusted the chairs and promptly got stung 2ce by soem wasps. i ran into the room and jamie got someone to help us change rooms. then later on i got bit by a red ant. exciting!
tomorrow, we HOPE we will finally get to koh Mak. the weather is so much better and hopefully the sea is calmer.
now we are off to find a snack.
love
jo and jamie
4 comments:
Sawadee-crup and sawadee-caa!
Um, are you sure those Thai women are WIVES? When I saw your "farthai" word, I immediately saw it as "FARThai" to emphasize the "old farts" who were squiring around those babes.
Whoa! Wet sheetrock crashing to the floor in the middle of the night and blocking your door? You guys are really having an adventure, aren't you? Hope you're taking plenty of photos. . . .
xx Y.M.
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glad the hotels are picking up. isn't honeymoon an adventure! we shared Berklee's BD yesterday and a wine-tasting w/Dennis Winner last night. High Times. Weather is cooling off here just a bit. Fall to start "Officilly" today. Look forward to more of your adventures in Thailand and Here? M/D
Happy to hear things are brighter on your end of the world! We miss you here in Asheville...No more autumnal weather here; we're back to warm & sunny afternoons. Katie tore down the wall & now the kitchen & LR are one. That's all the news I can think of...can't wait to read more about your trip!
Love you,
Claire & Julian
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