Remember the woman I taught to spin in the bus station on the way to Ko Chang, and gave my spare drop spindle to? Well, I sent her some of the acrylic roving Mr. Wu gave me, and just got an email from her daughter–she wants to send me a return gift, and/or start a [...]
(Sketchy notes are taking longer to fill out than expected. hopefully I can get them down before I forget everything…)
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11/16 (Saturday) Well, we’re off to the Similans…It’s rather a nice boat, 36 meters long, with an upper deck (kitchen, food, lounge) and a lower one (cabins, dive deck, saloon/TV room). By some miracle, [...]
The Similans are Paradise.
Just got off the boat from the trip, so this is going to be a short email–I still have my “sea legs” so everything is still swaying back and forth, and I’m getting seasick sitting here and looking at a stationary monitor. But the Similans are just amazing…coral reefs beyond [...]
First, I have AOL IM on my laptop now, so if you see me pop up, feel free to chat…I’m most likely to be logged on in the late evening, U.S. time (9am Thailand = 6pm US).
Nothing much to report the last few days–Khao Lak is a pretty small town, mostly a stop [...]
So, I had a little temper tantrum yesterday after getting to my hotel (the Asia Hotel, fan-cooled room) and discovering yet another primitive bathroom. OK–this one had running water, and the toilet actually flushed (instead of dumping water down it to flush it) but since it didn’t feature toilet paper or…oh, never mind. You don’t [...]