Isaac, Robin, Me, Reba, Toby..dancing...22 minutes till 2007!
Downtown Bangkok....all the parties there got cancelled though because of the bombings. We walked through, b/c our original plan was to be there, but it was so empty, police everywhere, no festivities of any kind.

Tourists unite! Robin, Reba and I....
New Years eve...got my dancin' shoes on.

yes. we were tourists and somehow got talked into riding this hideous bus for 5 1/2 hrs from Ko Chang to Bangkok. looks like it is straight out of austin powers, eh? the inside was worse. Bright red leather everywhere with lacy curtains.
palace in bangkok

view from our "long beach, the last lost paradise"..we looked at this every day while on the island of Ko Chang, south of Bangkok. Georgeous, warm for swimming and not too hot. Waking up and drinking Thai coffee (strong coffee w/ sweetened condensed milk) on the deck overlooking the ocean was so great. I needed to be in an untouched, wild place, open.......no development..... no people. we slept in rustic bungalows, no electricity, showers down the way a bit...hippie heaven this was. We (like 20 people) got trucked in from a more populated place on the island--the road to get to this place has not been built so we did a bit of off roading to get to it; fantastic.
the Thai flag, and our 2nd snorkling spot. We took a boat with other snorklers to a couple different places. <<<<>>>>>

PS. I am in love with snorkling. the fish and coral were absolutely amazing and I really want to do more of this sport. I think I want to eventually try diving as well. the world underneath the surface is beautiful.

Thai cultural dress. this was taken in Chiang Mai--this woman was actually in our group, and paid to wear the clothes for a bit.
Ruins. lots of ruins here in Thailand.

So, yes. thailand was great. a bit touristy, but overall just the break I needed. Tomorrow we head home to Bangladesh.

Goodbye Thailand..