Update from Ko Phi Phi!

hey guys! it's my first post for 2012. I hope that you are excited for what 2012 will bring you! I know I am! :)

New Year's Eve in HCMC was awesome. We had an amazing dinner (more on food on Yosha's blog) with my friend Rheanne from my grad school days. Someone had a genius idea to blow up a ton of black and white balloons and have them all over the floor of the restaurant, so for the first little bit until the balloons burst it was an adventure to move, sit or go to the bathroom. It was fun though! After ringing in the new year (to my favourite song, "the final countdown" (fun fact: the band members are from a small town in Sweden, where a friend of Rheanne's is from), we went out after to a club called Apocalypse.

After only a couple hours of sleep we flew to Bangkok then Phuket, Thailand (pronounced "poo-get") last night. Nothing too eventful...the flights were ok. It was raining though. We had delicious curries for dinner and caught up on some much-needed sleep last night. It was pouring when we got up but thankfully the travel gods were smiling on us so the clouds parted on the ferry ride and we were greeted at Ko Phi Phi with ("co pee pee") beautiful hot sun! The island is much as a remember it from three years ago, though it seems more crowded and understandably it's more expensive. What would have gotten us a great private bungalow now only gets us a room with AC at the far end of the beach. Oh well. It's still great to be here. We will probably hang out here for a little while, relax, get some sun, and then check out another nearby island in a few days. So if I am more quiet than usual it's because we will just be sloths on the beach for a few days!



Rheanne, Yosha and I on NYE. Not too shabby for a couple girls living out of a suitcase! We had our hair done that day for a whoppin' $2 :); traffic in HCMC; the beach at Ko Phi Phi.

I tried to upload a video; hopefully this works! This is us crossing the street in HCMC on our way to dinner.