Day 36 - Sunday, March 20 - Ko Lipe

Todays entry is going to be short as words can't do justic to what my eyes saw.

Woke up at 6AM and saw an incredible sunset. Who knew that this was just going to be the start of the most amazing day.

I sat in the hammock waiting for the rest of the group to wake up and get ready for our SNORKEL TRIP. The Easu's, me, and Kim and Gail hired a long tail boat to take us to 4 islands to snorkel for the day. I wont get much into details about Kim and Gail. He's a nice guy with little ambition, stocks shelves at a grocery store in Canada and puts all his money away so he can take 3 months a year off and come to Thailand. Gail, his wife, although not legally his wife, is a hairdresser who wasn't my favorite of people. He drinks a lot and after living with her for 17 years, I can see why. She would drive even the best of you to the bottle.

After renting masks, fins, and snorkels, we finally got on our long tail boat and got under way.

We made 3 stops at 3 different reefs and words can't describe the unbelievably awesome intense world that I saw under the water. Fish of all shapes, sizes, living in harmony with the most gorgeous living coral. Nemo's a plenty and even some Dory's too. The visibility was incredible and I just hope some of my underwater photos will do it justice. Logan, who has been living in AUstralia for thepast 9 months and who has snorkeled at the Great Barrier Reef said this blew it away.

While we snorkeled, the boat driver did some fishing. At the last stop which we snorkeled off a beach, he got a fire going and cooked the 7 fish and 1 squid he caught. Survivor style, we gathered some banana leaves, used them as plates and we just picked at the 7 whole cooked fish and squid. It's pretty great how tasty they were without the use of even a drop of salt. I don't think fish gets any fresher than that.

We got back to Andaman at 4P - had a Chang to unwind and relax from our stressful day at the office and got rid of Kim and Gail. We walked over to Pattaya for another swim and had dinner at Pooh's.

Back at Andaman, Logan and I went to Karma, had a few Chang, shot the shit and made plans to travel Africa after my next movie. I think that sounds like an excellent plan.

Back on the hammock at 1AM as I was having hammock withdrawals. Fell asleep and woke up at 2AM and tucked myself into my "bed" for a night of slumber.

P.S. The "bed" in my bungalow is a 1.5 - 2 inch thick mattress sitting on a plywood platform. Not really sure why I need a 15" plush top mattress at home that I can't even find sheets to fit. I think I need to re-evaluate what's important to me when I get home. I need to sell the cars, get a tuk tuk, and find some palm fronds to make shelter from. I'll find a way to become Thai if it's the last thing I do!