Southern Thailand
November 1st, 2006
After crossing the Malaysian border into Thailand we took a shared taxi to Krabi and then arranged to take a ferry over to Phi Phi Island – the site of the Tsunami 2 years ago. The island has nearly rebuilt from that disaster, but I don’t think it has been a good thing. It’s completly crawling with tourists and crowded accomodations. We were able to find a resort on the far side of the island however, and enjoyed our time there. There was some great snorkeling right on the beach here.
Singapore lives up to the effecient reputation that it has – everything is quite orderly and there’s a very controlled chaos that happens here. It’s not as spic-and-span as I had heard and I was j-walking along with the locals at every possible opportunity. But it is a very easy city to navigate, get food, and sight-see. The photo is an art-deco style building that was right across the street from our hotel.
Flew up to Darwin around the 18th of Ocober and took a 4-wheel drive tour of 
I try not to have too many expectations in life – it’s too easy to be dissapointed if reality doesn’t quite match what you had hoped for. Often, by having expectations of how a particular thing should be, you become blind to what the experience does present, and that could be unfortunate if the experiences are valuable. But sometimes things are just plain crappy – and my dive/sail charter with 
It’s been a while since I updated the blog – I suppose that’s a good thing as it means I’ve been busy.
I enrolled in a 5 day scuba certification class this last week. 2 days in a pool in Cairns, and then 3 days/2 nights on a boat out of the GBR. It was a most excellent adventure. The diving was incredible – the colors and the variety of the coral reef was beyond belief and the thousands of fish certainly added to the experience.
Hey…
jpb