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Trip Start Jan 20, 2005
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Trip End Dec 27, 2005


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Thursday, December 1, 2005

Well, Its been a while since I updated my site. I'll get back on top of things now that I have some extra time. Some have sent me emails asking if I was alive and whether I survived Myanmar. I did, I just got so busy and behind on my site that I procrastinated. I got a bit sick with Dengue Fever in Chiang Mai - the fever kept me in bed for a while. Then I got a lung infection in Paris so that knocked me down a while, still fighting that one off - really giving my body a work-over this year for sure. Myanmar was a highlight of our trip and I'll be updating my site about that soon.

After our last minute trip to Paris, we made it back to Thailand and were glad for the warm weather. We made a bee line for the south taking an 18 hour journey via numerous buses to get to Ao Nang, a beach on the Adaman Sea. It was a bit overrun with package tourists, hotels and cheesy tourist shops so we got a boat yesterday to Phi Phi island, which is just as touristy, but has nicer beaches and boasts some of the best diving in the world.

We're going to spend some time on the island, suffering the loud bars, obnoxious package tourists, touts and overpriced everything so that we can get in some great diving. I bought this new housing for my camera, so I am looking forward to some underwater photography.

We spent this morning looking for a new hotel room. V apparently didn't like the music from the bar next store that pounded until 4am or the flood of drunks stumbling and shouting their way back to their hotels that followed the closing of the bar. I slept like a log, but she insisted this morning that we go try to hunt out a new place. It is the high season here so very crowded and overpriced. I am paying 15 bucks for a crappy room, the most i have paid anywhere in Thailand.

The Island has recuperated quite a bit since the tsunami whipped most of it into the sea. There is constant construction everywhere and it is a bit cluttered with debris, but it has been a year and we did want to contribute more than to just relief agencies. Tourists are just starting to come back here apparently. The locals are happy to see it I belive as their lives are returning to normal. It is a bit eery though, knowing what happened here.

We found a new bungalow though, it's clean and far from bars and restaurants so we'll see how that works out. Now its off to find somewhere to dive...
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