Seeing as how I've already been in a dragonboat (see my Beijing post) AND I eat enough rice on a weekly basis to probably be considered Asian, I got outta town to celebrate! You have to take advantage of the time, you know? I headed to Thailand. My co-worker Rick in the US had told me I had to get to Phuket, Thailand while I was here. I have to admit - I'm a dumb American. I didn't know someplace called the Andaman Sea existed. Well, now I've been in it:
There are absolutely gorgeous beaches, and the Thai food is draw enough. Holly and I took an overnight flight to Phuket - when we woke up in our resort, we were in the most beautiful place I've ever seen in my life:
The only downside of the experience was the extreme heat and humidity. But with views like that, no biggie.
We took a speedboat tour to the Phi Phi Islands (pronounced pee-pee, ha!). Unreal. I didn't know places like this existed. This is also where they filmed the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach:
On the tour, we stopped by a part of the islands called Monkey Beach. It lived up to it's name. There were monkeys everywhere! They don't let you get out of the boat because the monkeys are unfortunately pretty mean. But, our boat crew threw bananas and other fruits up to the monkeys. Not only can they amazingly catch the fruit that is thrown, but they're greedy ... plowing through the food we gave them. The one on the left is a mom with her baby hanging on to her while she's eating:
Phuket was awesome. I loved the delicious food - flavored with coconut, lime and spices. I also loved the Singha. Don't tell Sean - I got him a Singha shirt for his birthday!
Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to be able to travel like this. I never thought I'd be able to go to Thailand, let alone on an extended weekend trip. If you ever get the opportunity to go there, do it!
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