Ko Tao

As if Bangkok wasn't amazing enoug, we have found ourselves this nice little island down in central Thailand and are finding it very hard to ever think about leaving. It's the smallest of the three islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Pleas edon't be turned off by the word "gulf" here either. This is no Gulf of Mexico. It's a really big scuba diving site as it is cheaper to get your scuba license here than just about anywhere else in the world. Andrea and I met some really cool girls from Canada thata re staying in the hut next to ours and we have been bumming around the island with them for the past 4 or 5 days - however long we have been here. It's REALLY easy to lose track of the date and day of the week here. We rented mopeds the other day and cruised the island for different beaches and today we went scuba diving. I was a little terrified at first but I can say now that if the opportunity ever arises again for me to scuba dive and I can afford it I am going. It was hands down one of the most amazing experiences of my life. We went on 2 dives today and swam abuot 12 meters deep and were surrounded by the most beautiful coral and exotic fish I have ever seen. Mush cooler than going to the aquarium!! We have been staying in these little one room huts right on the beach for $6 a night. We are so close in fact that we are havinga hard time getting to sleep at night becasue the waves are right outside our window - I know, please feel sorry for me, right?

And can I talk about the food? I was nervous about this part of the trip because as you proabably know I can eat pasta like it's nobody's business, but I'm not really into asian food. Well, I have had a few lates of thai food that I have enjoyed but there is by far the biggest selection of deliciousness I have seen on this entire trip. The town itself is really small and there aren't really too many cars on the island so everyone either walks or takes their little motorbikes everywhere so everything is basically about a 2 minute walk from our hut. There is no grocery store but two, count em two seven elevens. I know, go figure. The other night we had this appetizers taht was avocado mixed with grilled shrimp, pesto and parmesean cheese. Then tonight we went to this little restaurant right by our hut and had a massive $4 bbq dinner and watched Superbad on pillows basically overlooking the beach and the sunset. IT"S AMAZING!!!! Anyone who loes the beach needs to come here. Enoough rubbing it in your face for now. We are headed to Ko Phanang tomorrow for the full moon party and eventaully will make it back north to Cambodia and Vietnam, which we have heard from everyone is equally amazing. Please enjoy the photos from the view of our hut.