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So the other night, we went out with a Belgian dude from Jim’s Scuba diving class. We went to his hotel and another Belgian guy came with his Thai girlfriend. Jim and I had even talked about what would happen if one brought a Thai girl, and Jim thought it would be interesting anyway.
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I can’t believe I haven’t posted about this before, well, maybe I have and I just forgot. So many people have asked Jim if he is Thai, and it seems now that he is pretty tan there are more. It is funny to us because he, obviously, is not Asian at all. But even before we left, he hypothesized that he could possibly be mistaken for a resident at almost every place we go.
At one guesthouse, the owner lady asked him if his mother was Chinese?!
And taking the cake was while we were eating at a (delicious!) Tex Mex restaurant in Kata Beach and the waitress came over and said something in Thai, and we kind of looked at her blankly, like, why on earth are you speaking Thai to us? And then another waitress next to her said, “No, not Thai!” and she thought it was so funny because she thought Jim was Thai for sure. She kept saying things in Thai to him and laughing. So that was funny.
We took a cheap little tour from Ao Nang called the "5 Island Tour." I don't remember any of the islands' names except Hong Island.
First we got on a rickety longboat with lots ... [Continue reading this entry] 
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