Last Day!

I have been a bad blogger, and for that I should apologize. I admit it. Mea culpa. My bad. Whoopsie Daisy. Let's move on.

I'll catch up once my parents leave, but for now I am enjoying their company and our last few days together in this really sweet hotel before I'm on my own. That's right -- I have officially decided to stay a while longer, at least til after the New Year! Today we are going to a tennis match, and watch the greats John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg fight on the court ... I'm really looking forward to it. Dad loves tennis, and I was raised by a family who watched tennis a lot, which pretty much makes me a fan. A few sides to catch everyone up before I have more time to post something more specific:

-We went from Cambodia to Krabi, which was a beautiful island getaway. It's what dreams are made of, as lame as that sounds. Went snorkeling, saw some elephants, went on a hike, there is rock climbing and plenty of other activities. For some reason there more than anywhere else yet, I wished my brother was there with us, it would have been really fun to do some of those activites with him. I will have to settle with recommendations for when he comes next time.
--> We took a day and drove up to Khao Lak where the Tsunami hit a few years back, to see the final resting place of our dear dear friend Luke Scully. It was beautiful, and personally it made me a little happy to be there, to see that really there is no other place I would want to spend my last day on Earth. It was tough to not imagine a 40 foot wave on the horizon, and what that would look like, and they do little to try and deter you from being aware where you are. There are tsunami warning zone signs and evacuation route signs every 100 meters or so on your way in to the beach. A little much, and a little too late, but I guess it's better than nothing.

-Kho Poo Poo and Kho Phi Phi (pee pee) are two islands next to each other in the south, and Phuket is actually pronounced foo-kit (I thought it was poo - keht). No wonder Thailand is called the land of smiles...

We're in Bangkok now, as I mentioned, and it's very busy here. We've been enjoying the hotel and it's perks, it's almost comical how attentive the staff is here. You can't think of something you want before they're getting it for you. Every floor has a butler. They have complimentary champagne waiting for you in your room, the good stuff. When you walk into breakfast, and give them your room number, they know your name by the time you've reached the table (I think I've figured out how they do it, but I was dumbfounded the first time). I haven't ever stayed any place with better customer service. They even picked us up in a BMW from the airport! Needless to say it will be a bit of an adjustment once the parents leave. Haha. I'm looking forward to it!!

So if anyone wants to come spend the holidays out here, let me know, I am going to either be volunteering or working, but I haven't planned that far ahead. On my list of places to visit (might I mention it's extremely ambitious?):

Bali
India
NZ
Aus
Laos (again)

Do-able, right? ;)