Day 37 - Monday, March 21 - Ko Lipe

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACH!

sun·screen ( P ) Pronunciation Key (snskrn)n.
A preparation, often in the form of a cream or lotion, used to protect the skin from the damaging ultraviolet rays of the sun.

n : a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn [syn: sunblock, sun blocker]

DON'T BE STOOOOPID - REMEMBER TO HAVE SOMEONE APPLY SUNSCREEN TO YOUR BACK IF YOU ARE SNORKELING FOR A DAY NOT TO FAR FROM THE EQUATOR!

Today I made use of my hammock and the shade.

I was extremely productive today as I went to the edge of the beach, gathered some small pieces of coral and made 2 mobiles - one for my porch and one for the Easu's. I was real impressed with my arts and crafts project of the day but after 2 of them, I needed a nap. The hammock was the best place for that. I think there may be a sleeping agent in the weave of the cotton. Either that, or I've come down with a pretty severe case of narcolepsy since being here.

My mobile is great and I will take it down and hang it on all my future porch's next to my sarong that seems to be the trademark of "Marc's Bungalow". Marlow and Les were very happy to have their very own one as we've been admiring all the ones on various porch's since we got here. They told me they would take it home and hang on their porch at their cabin. It's amazing how gratifying my day was today and I really hadn't done anything of substance.

Went to the Esau porch for some fresh fruit for lunch. We cut up a pineapple, watermelon, and some bananas we bought in the village. WOW, that pineapple was juicy.

This was by far one of the laziest days I've had to date.

At sunset, we went to the beach to hang out and then to Varin on Pattaya for dinner again. Kim and Gail joined us for dinner and as long as she's at the other end of the table, I'm fine. This time I had fresh King Mackerel and a little green salad - AWESOME! The fish was just grilled on the huge BBQ on the beach and lightly brushed with a curry sauce. WOW, if not already, I can certainly get used to this life. Although the fish was quite expensive at 100 baht, it was worth every $2.63. That was for 1/2 a kilo and I certainly could have done with a 1/4. It was 4 filets and I gave one to Kim and one was left over. I then realized that my kilo to pound conversion was off and I ordered too much.

Back at Andaman, the Esau's and I made a bon fire using wood we had gathered earlier in the day and sat under the almost full moon chatting. The sky was so bright from the moon that it illuminated the entire ocean. While standing in the ocean up to my neck, Les, standing on the shore could see my toes and not even realize I was standing in water. It was wildly amazing.

I got back to my bungalow and packed. Took down my hammock and although I want to stay here forever, I decided to move on. Marlow, Les, and Logan are going to go to Ko Lanta for a few days and I'm going to go to Malaysia for my border run and meet them at Miami on Wednesday. I always secretly planned to pass through Lanta on my way back up North to Krabi.

I slept in my comfy "bed" and dreamt about what life on Eden was going to be like when I left.