Koh Tao

Well. I was most definately planning on writing a blog sooner than now. And there is much more to say than will be said here. Mainly because I can only spend so much time in an internet cafe, when looking out over a beautiful beach on a Thai island:)
Koh Tao is the name of the current island.
My journeys have taken me through 9 days in CAmbodia with Alex. We spend a week in Phnom Penh, having quite a party, and a blast needless to say. One day we decided to go looking for teaching opportunities, but the heat, exhaust, and amount of work it seemed to be to convince these people that we were seriously looking of rjobs (or was it convincing outselves that we were looking for jobs that needed convincing) led us to giving up quite quickly, and resorting back to our holiday mode. Teaching english should fall into your lap, and driving around in search of it, and communicating with people that themselves speak quite terrible english is not what I want to do on vacation.
After the week in PP, we went down to Sihanoukville for a couple days. Wonderful place. We went out to Bamboo island and found that the beach on the backside of the island is a paradise. super clear water and no people and lots of peace.
We then madeo ur way to Thailand. Alex and I ended up on different buses, but we were beside eachother the whole way because we had to catch ferry crossings. On the last ferry crossnig it started to pour, and our bus had been parked under the shelter, leaving us in therain. brilliant. The crew made the best of it, and it was just an experience that was easily overcome.
The border was easy, and I was on my way to Koh chang. When I turned aroudn to scope the bus. I saw Alex again. Somehow we managed to beo n the same bus. He eventually got off and caught his Bangkok bus. And I went to Koh Chang. Which is awesome. The second biggest island in Thailand. it's mountainous and wonderful. I spent 3 days here, one of which was spent snorkellng in some really nice coral areas. it was wonderful.
then i went to the zoo called Bangkok. It blew my mind. Mostly because it was way more ... developed thatn I expected. Comng from Saigon and PP, this place was a modern city. Highways and big skyscrapers and lots of people. Lots of cars. crazy.
i met up with Jesse Egger in his pimp apartment with his co worker Natasha. We hung out several nights seeing the sights of BKK. Met up with Alex and his friends, finally hanging with some Thai people. One day we went to a buddhist 'temple' (Chay-dee, the biggest one in the world).
The next day was Dave's arribval. And he did arrive, though his baggage didn't. I was waiting, and so was he. but luckily we were flying out of the same airport that evening, making it easy to pick up his bag. We were flying to Koh Samui, to catch a boat to Koh Phangan, to go to the Full Moon Festival. A massive beach party that has been famous for 20 years.
It was exciting and entertaining and enjoyable beyond belief. Dj's on the bech, and partying until the morning. The last few days havebeen spend recovering and enjoying the tropics on the beaches.
Now it's just Dave and I out to have a good time. We'll see what happens.
peace
Brandon.