Beautiful Days

Thailand... I think that God couldn't decide what his favorite shade of blue was and so he made rainbows of blue here. The ocean, the sky... whew... it's beautiful.

Our first day we stayed in a bungalow on the beach called Ton Sai and hung out with pot smoking, party loving, rock climbers... every way we turned we were offered a smoke. It was quite entertaining. I got to go rock climbing and met some fabulous Aussie men who befriended me and took pictures of me being spider-woman on the walls... It was great fun:)

Our second day we met up with Andrea (Lexi's sister), caught a ferry to Ko Phi Phi (pronounced like pee pee which has elicited plenty of laughs from us very mature ladies) and tried to cram a whole lot of fun in the three days that she was with us which we did successfully I might add. We rented a long boat that gets it's name from its super long "motor-stick" (I use very technical language as you probably have noticed alread) and toured around the island. We saw "The Beach" beach... Leonardo DiCaprio, scary, never saw it... but the beach was cool:) We went to a Lagoon and swam around until Andrea told us she saw a water snake:) We snorkeled and saw some amazing fish... How did God make everything in only 7 days??? Even if one day was actually like 1 million years... how did he come up with some of those fish!?!? We also went to monkey beach where we got to feed monkeys and Erin was absolutely fascinated by their little human like hands... she gushed over them... it was funny:) Andrea had her head on her shoulders and kept the water behind her and the monkeys in front so she could make a quick escape in case of any crazy monkey business occurred... which of course, with our luck, it did:) I'm sure you'll all hear about it later:) We ate Italian Gelato a few times, got a massage at least once a day, Lex and Andrea made us all wish for our sisters and we just had a fantastic time together. I think we're all planning our honeymoons in Thailand actually:):):)

Today it is raining and so we are spending our time reading, getting massages, facials, manicures, watching movies on our rented dvd player, writing to friends and family on the internet and just enjoying our second to last day in Paradise. The pictures are incredible and we are all SO excited to share them with you. We discovered a restaurant that offers GREAT salads and we are going to fill our tummies with wonderful veggies and fresh fruit before we return to India:)

Continue to pray for us... we are returning to India for a lot of traveling and we are all anxious to see our families and friends... sometimes the end of a trip is the most difficult. We are having a great time and repeatedly comment on how lucky we are to be able to do this trip. Whodathunkit 18 months ago when we walked into Allen College that we would be in Thailand and India sharing life, culture shock, and total relaxation with some of the girls in that room. Thanks for sharing this trip with us, following our blogs, writing us emails, praying for us... My cup runneth over:) See you in 17 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Turkey, mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, pumpkin and apple pie here we come!

DK