Hey there everyone,
Well I'm back in ol' Bangkok after some serious tanning and drinking out of a bucket.
Koh Phangan was alot of fun but it kinda wore me out. It's becoming more obvious that I'm not 21 anymore. Still though, that said, I'm pretty proud that I managed to do my version of rocking till the break of dawn more than once.

About Koh Phangan............

The good: decent sized island, some really nice beaches, cheap accomodation, two towns with everything you would need, some really nice and friendly people

The bad: somewhat crowded, super-hilly terraine makes it a bit hard to get around, LOTS of stinky dirty hippie kids of all ages, very limited nightlife scene
(ie; tons of bars but all the music was crap, think Britney, Robbie, Emimem, and for some strange reason, ABBA??!!!)

All in all, I definately had a good time, would go again, but a few days worth (for me) is plenty. My self respect can only handle so many memories of dancing to "it's gettin hot in here...so take off all your clothes...." and my fragile sanity can't deal with what I've found out to be the worst part of 'the morning after': head completely full with annoying music that you sing to yourself all day long. Talk about self abuse man.

Here's some photos for ya......
Pier on Koh Tarutao
'Speedy I'
The Ladies
Purdy huh?
Miss Apple
Sea Gypsy Baby
Heinie Girls enjoying a cold one
In front of the Jumping Monkey Bar
Sun set on Koh Lipe
Umberto and Jesse
Jessie nicks my drink (notice the empty next to her)
Thai humor at the train station
The first few days in Koh Phangan
Thou shalt not worship any gods but the one true God
Me and new Canadian friend Sol

So that about sums up the last few weeks, my Vermontian friend J.P. has come back to Thailand (we met in Chaing Mai) and we're leaving BKK in a few days to head east ways, Cambodia, Vietnam and ?

Chineese New Year was the other day, see my lucky shirt!
Later taters