Later Loser!

Here's me partying hard in koh phi phi. Well, actually, I wasn't really, but it made for a fun picture. Andy & I were still terrified of drinking more buckets.


This picture is primarily here to make my friend forest jealous. He was supposed to meet me in thailand but had to cancel. So, ummm..... look forest, a climbing wall! I ended up leading a few routes with a fellow koh phi phi snorkeler (jennica). I really couldn't stomach hauling my climbing gear all around asia and not go climbing. Forest, the climbing was epic, I tell ya!!! epic!!!


leaving railay... there apparently isn't the concept of a “pier” here, so we had to wade out a few hundred yards barefoot trying to ignore the rocky bottom and our heavy packs. what's worse is that i have issues with "looking homeless" which is exactly what we all looked like wading through muddy waters carrying all of crap. it was a blow to my ego for sure.


While on koh lak, jennica & I rented a motorbike. The first chance she had to ride the bike resulted in her saying, “later loser!” and she took off without me. a few minutes later, she realized that i had all of our stuff in my bag, so she was forced to return. chicks!?!?!


(Oh, there's perhaps about only 15% truth in the above story.) here we are doing a fun little hike to a waterfall.


Notice all the funky cups on the side of the trees. They are collecting stuff for rubber. Is that really where all of the worlds rubber comes from? Trees with cups? Seriously?


Now jennica-less, I went on a fishing trip. Here's me after my first catch.


a little tiny tuna, i think.


While the crew cooked our fish, we went snorkeling. Here's a pretty big freakin' eel. Nasty!


I didn't catch this one, but it didn't stop me from posing with him.


How jacked up is this? thais drive on the left side, right? Well, yes, mostly. While I rented a motorbike, I discovered a handful of streets that drive on the right side of the road. Soooo messed up!


If you are thai, park entry is 20 bhat. Otherwise, 200 bhat.


Alas, the waterfall was 180 bhat-better for me than the thais that were there.


On the way back, I see that someone forgot what side of the street to drive on. As if I needed another reason to say, “no, I don't want a tuk tuk!”


my last bar night was pretty mellow. Only 3 beers. And none of those evil buckets.


Since I can't write a word of thai, I probably shouldn't poke fun of their written english. But i'm going to anyway. (click on the picture for a better view.)


now for some random videos. it's totally understandable that the average american doesn't know exactly that the VP's duties are, but if you are running for that office and you've been asked this question before publicly, shouldn't you get it right the second time around? the VP only casts a vote in the senate in case of a tie and they don't make policy... someone correct me if i'm wrong...


if you are looking for a reason to not vote obama, here's a few ideas...


And while fox news is the only network to have mccain ahead of obama in the electoral college, the rest of the world does not. The funny part is that fox has mccain ahead in indiana instead of “up for grabs” despite obama being ahead in the polls in that state. Maybe papa-bear has some secret data...

Anyway, today I am taking a long ass bus ride to bangkok and then I fly home 12 hours later. I get home sometime around 11:45 pm on october 28th! Thanks for reading and I can't wait to see everyone!

Kop kam krah! Kop Chi La La! Aww Koom! Caam un!