wheretheboysat: here starts a streak of southeast asian shenanigans

the boys are back in action in thailand and firing on all cylinders!

one of our favorite ways to get around, hitch hiking's a breeze in thailand. we think this sign says the name of our destination but it could say, "crazy white homeless people!"

yipee!

those ain't seaguls perched on that thur rock. we took a swim to this little outcropping for some cliff diving with our canadian companions. uuunagi.

wow! is this real? yes boys, you're in thailand

sunset on the beach

spent a few days getting off the the heavily-trafficked tourist trail and the roads with our mopeds for a few days. just couldn't resist bombing up and down some deserted beaches along the way. nice pink helmet, ed.

a special thanks to nannikins for the roof

i don't know

holy grapefruit!

giant monkey men hold up traffic in this thai town. no feces flinging here.

this looks tranquil but the local longtail boats sound like military helicopters with broken mufflers.

look carefully at this photo. notice the four bottles of sunscreen. the application instructions must have been in thai.

our little tasty thai food sign attracted a large crowd into our friend's lovely restaurant. and got us a free meal

jer getting a lesson in thai bonfire construction from our friend alif. that's gonna be a big one

early morning karaoke shananigans

our killer kamping spot after a long day of kayaking. we found the only spot of beach that stayed dry during high tide on this itsy bitsy island

couldn't stand the obnoxious roar of the longtail boats so we decided to explore some little dots on our map under our own power. a 20 minute paddle according to our thai rental agent turned into 3 hours of paddling through 4 foot swell on the way home. but the waypoints in between were sweet as! there are only a few ways left to escape the tourist trail in thailand. this is one of them.

these local fisherman got caught in the swell that we somehow managed to paddle through in our 12 foot kayak and had to spend the night camped on the beach with us. conversation was a bit limited by the contents of our phrasebook: you like movies? music? food? boats? you catch fish? no? ah, damn, i'm hungry. they made us a great fire to cook on before they left in the morning. happy netting fishing buddies.

it's not a komodo, but this dragon was a monster!

another paradise found by kayak.

loco

this longtail is powered by a hemi

our holiday home. it was tough to relax with all the crazy christmas commercialism around here, but somehow we managed.

the only road on ko phayam.

chalk full of food and booze for the thousands of new year and full moon party pilgrims

it's tough to stand out in a crowd of 12,000 people on a beach. unless you're zeus and poseidon and have descended upon ko phangan from mt. olympus! they appeared on two occasions and will probably pop up on the internet in several other locations either being ridiculous or passed out spooning with empty buckets. these togas started out white and smelling of sweet greek herbs and ended as booze and beach saturated rags.