What else...we went to the Andaman Coast, Railay Beach, and that wasn't so good. Expensive, smelly, crummy hotels, and the beach wasn't great. The cliffs were wild though, big limestone stacks, maybe some of 'em were 2000ft. We also saw a giant swimming lizard while out on a kayak ride. Big ol' monitor lizard about 4ft. long, swimming along the side of an island.
After that, nothing happened
We ran out of money, again, and had to stay in Surat. It's been getting hot here, near 100 some days. Not great. I'm writing some music lately, which has been a pretty good time.
This past weekend we visited Sichon, a little fishing village about an hour from Surat. It was a great time. We pretty much hung out with High School kids that were working summer jobs at this little restaurant on the beach. These two boys beat us all at ping-pong for about two hours straight. I drank too much and cut my foot, then (while chasing an errant ping-pong ball) proceeded to knock over a plant pot. Anyway, the staff didn't seem to mind much, and it was great to practice our Thai.
Looks kinda dry here, huh?
I also got sunburned, and Aleza got sunburned on one half of her body.
We have a new teacher, Shaun (Shawn? Sean?). He looks precisely like a hairier, Australian Ben Bradshaw. Also, more muscular and attractive. You know what, scratch that, he looks nothing like Ben. He was a coal miner (!) for the 9 months before moving to Thailand. Anyway, swell guy, good to have some fresh meat here.
Also, I have fallen in love (!) with putting exclamation marks in parentheses in the middle (!) of sentences.
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Great post! A++++ I hope to hear more from this singularly brilliant voice in the the global blogosphere! Bravo!
Hi Justin and Aleza:
Did you write the "Anonymous Said..." post? "Singularly Brilliant Voice" Very nice(!) Great to hear what you guys are up to and it was wonderful to talk with you last night. Sounds like you have really gotten excellent at Thai and are really getting around to see alot of the region around you. Jill is on her way to see you two and I know what a great time she and you two will have. I'm going to try and find some good maps for SE Asia for your trip in the fall. (Yes, I know you said you could find some, but I like maps and so it'll give me something to do.) Ben is still working on some web stuff for us -- he's setting up a Nova Legal Forms site for us. Well, have a great two weeks with Jill. Love, Dad and (!) Mom
hey guys! nice updates to the page! i watched the videos (very funny) and took the poll (great idea). i voted for cambodia...either way, anywhere you go should be a lot of fun! well, i hope you have fun with Jill-i sent a birthday package for the two of you with her! happy belated birthday, aleza, and happy early birthday justin! miss you guys, as always. hope you're having a good time still. love from carbondale -jess!
Have a great time with Jill and Happy Birthday! Everyone here misses you and speaks of you often. Ping pong and fried food - whodda thunk it? -Melanie
hey kids...what a great(!) blog entry...this new trend in punctuation is gonna catch on(!)i just know it!!!!!! i'm watching the clock, and about now jill should be arriving in bangkok!!! i'm so envious of all the great times you 3 will have during her 2 weeks there. can't wait to view the pics that i'm sure will be cropping up on this blog. have super fun and enjoy every minute. love, mom
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