coastal thailand

greetings from Khao lak!

this is a strip town that i have yet to fall in love with... it lies along the thoroughfare to phuket. it aint pretty. noisy and packed with "farang" -mostly germans -old couples and very young families. go figure. but it'll get the job done -i'm well into the divemaster course i set out to do. found a room with hot water and a garden out front and a tv with satelite on which i get 1 channel in english for sure: RT -which stands for Russian television. it's actually kind of interesting but loops. it's either that, the occasional Tom and Jerry cartoon or evangelicals on at least 3 other stations. i can only take a bit of bible thumping after a long day at the dive shop. the days are long because we're just going through theory theory theory. and other than that practicing demo-ing skills that have yet to be perfected ourselves. funny, can hover to check out a fishy but not in the pool. hopefully we'll be in the sea tomorrow. took a walk along the beach yesterday eve and a run this am. it's lovely and fairly warm. but i'm not too keen on the swimming right there. this is right where the tsunami swept through an left absolutely nothing. in all honesty, i think it swept away some of the charm too. certainly funds have been used to rebuild. and rebuild they have and not stopped. it's all a bit too planned and resorty. knicknacks and cheap flashy clothes line the road. i cant imagine what it was like before but they are defintely in love with concrete now -whereas i believe bamboo was more common before.

well every baht counts and i'm trying to pinch them. so ciao for now! more pics when i get a break in the studying... i'm into the physioligy now after suffering and surviving! the physucs -i mean physics.

big hugs from me and this gekko who hangs out by this computer...