Cha-Am Marina Resort

... under the red corner. All very jolly.

Loving Hua Hin - long, blonde beach (but not very wide at high tide), fantastic restaurants on piers/jetties over the sea, and an interesting view into the lives of the girlies (who work the girlie bars) from our balcon looking down into their private lives with their kids.

... in the forest. I like being in the jungle though because the gibbon enclosures there are really nice. They are built on stilts high up into the tree canopy so they are very natural and encourage the gibbons into the arboreal lifestyle that is natural to them and which so many of those raised as pets have never experienced. QD, one of the volunteer house dogs, has been in hospital for the past few days. She originally came to the Wildlife Rescue Centre ...

... 50p ).....it was huge and most Thai familys share one!! My fish was nice but not so impressive......a more delicate flavour for a more delicate palate. I was jealous and we are going back again! We also had fresh veg in Oyster sauce and a few beers and Sprites for shandy's. Lovely meal Home to bed very happy...need to book extra night which we did on way in....no problem to stay in same room.

... her in the head, so we laughed a lot about that. (Rambutans are smallish fruits in a prickly red shell). We also got to discuss ways to get rid of the 15 daddy long leg spiders that have now taken up residence in our bathroom--mainly we hose them down the drain with our sprayer, if they happen to be foolish enough to be crawling around on the floor. I'm excited to travel in more luxurious accomodations for Month Two of my journey ...

... restaurant was overlooking a lake and of course we had many gecko dining companions near our feet and scurrying up and down the posts all around. Geckos and lizards I'm getting to be very comfortable with. Still working on the comfort level with other things. The elephant night safari was great, though, I'm so glad I got to go! (unfortunately my camera just died--so I'll have to upload the photos next time!)

... and after making eye contact and shrugging to her she jumped on the phone again to her mystery friend. She came out a minute later and told me that the Doctor had gone away for a week so wouldn't be opening. A little put out, sweaty after my hour or so ride and still in quite a lot of pain i explained the situation and she dived back inside to 'phone a friend'. When she came back she'd drawn me a map of how to get to the hospital. It was only about another ...

... ability to make incredible salmon dinners. here is the recipe. take a rice cooker. put into int the right proportion of water and basmati rice. add some thai fish sauce and italian olive oil and indian curry powder. add some peeled and cut potatoes and carrots and broccoli and place a thick juicy salmon steak on top of the rice. cook until rice is done. serve on large flat dinner plate with chilled new zealand sauvignon ...

... i put * big dent in my w*llet but p*rtied like never before, wh*t * b*ll. So *side from the p*rtying, I took in * few of the sites *nd sounds HK h*s to offer. I w*s in HK until christm*s d*y, the pl*ce w*s *live *nd p*cked *nd the streets were decor*ted be*utifully. surely * city to visit *g*in, with * bit more money to spend too. Philippines Christm*s d*y 2006, 7.00*m. well i h*d only gone to sleep *n hour e*rlier but up i w*s to get * ferry toM*c*u *nd ...

... of fire. down i went. down down down, a ring of fire, a ring of fire. so there i was in the netherlands of reality where many professors have gone and from where few have returned. i tried this and i tried that. i read this and i read that. i analyzed this and then i analyzed that. then i googled this and i googled that. and finally, as god is my witness, finally, i got it and like a brilliant flash of light i got the solution up on google spreadsheet for my students to see ...

... gibbon who resembles E.T. just a bit too much. I watched her for a half hour as she played to exhaustion. And I'll give even the naughty macaques some peanuts today. Last night, all of the volunteers, tourists and staff gathered for a nice holiday pasta dinner complete with wine. Somehow we powered through six liters of wine and nearly all of a bottle of cognac as we laughed and relaxed. I capped it off with a Yankee swap, a Ferraro family favorite. (For those not familiar ...