update (late)

SO this weekend was so much fun. We went to the beach near Pattaya.
We got there I guess it was Saturday day. Gene and his wife Supawan
took us down to the actual walking street in Pattaya where all of the
sex goes on. It totally disgusted me. I'm sorry but I forgot to
bring my camera here. It was nighttime and I didnt think I"d be able
to take any photos anyhow. There were all of these fat OLD men total losers
walking around with thai girls that looked like they were about 15
years old. (in reality probably 21). The men disgusted me so much, I
didnt enjoy that part of the trip at all. Ann and her family arrived at about
11pm in our hotel suite (which kicked ass!! we were on the 31st floor,
I got some great photos).. I was already asleep so I didnt hang out at
all with them. THe next morning we all went down for our "American
Breakfast" .. Then we went outside and played on the swings with the
little girls. The girls spent a lot of time catching crabs that were
running around in the pond, and throwing around big shells that
actually had Escargot in them!!! Lots of fun.

The hotel we were staying in was an Ocean Marina hotel on the 31st
floor. We had a suite with three bedrooms, kitchen, living room, two
balconies and an excellent view of Pattaya from a "god view".

Noi (Ann's boyfriend) told me that the kids wanted to swim in the
ocean, and where we were it wasn't possible because of the Marina and
boats.

So..

They drove me (dad didnt want to go) to this waterfall that was
about 100km away from Pattaya. The waterfall was packed with thais.
This is a holiday weekend for them because it was their king's
brithday from King 5 I think... anyhow the waterfall was filled with
black fish that ranged from about 2-3 feet long. THe kids were
running around the water trying to catch them. THere were so many
fish that you could barely walk there. I went in the water but the
fish swimming around my legs was freaking me out too much. I got a
ton of photos from there.

Then we drove to Rayong to the beach. The kids went swimming (IN
their clothes!! I told you) and we ate ... you wont believe this...
Horseshoe crab eggs. THey bring out the horseshoe crab completely
cooked.. and you have to pry the thing open to get the eggs out of
it!!! And I also had squid cooked on the grill.. And we ate right
there on the the beach while thekids played in the sand. My little
neices are adorable and they love
me so much. They learned some english "Come on Linda!!!!" they love
me to play with them. WE played in the hotel pool this morning which
was a lot of fun too.

Then after we came back from the beach last night (about 9 pm.) we
went back to the hotel and me, Ann and her boyfriend all drank Singha
beer (they call it "Sing") .. Ann told me before I came to thailand
she didnt know what to think.. but she is VERY happy to know me and is
very very happy. She asked me if I"m happy to meet her. I said yes...
and then started to cry. I am sooo happy ... I've never thought this
would actually happen. I had to leave the room to sober up my crying
( wasn't drunk dont worry I had one beer) she was crying when I came
back in the room.

You wouldn't believe how much better my thai has become... I can speak
pretty well, and speak better and better everyday.

At this point I had a horrible stomach ache. IT hurt so bad that I
could barely breathe, and had to go to bed. The spicey thai food got
the best of me. I had heartburn from hell. The food is tooo good
though to not eat!!!

Today we came back to bangkok. Ann will pick me up in an hour for
dinner. Then tomorrow we will take a train to a palce I think called
Kanchaburi... near burma. We'll stay by a lake with my Uncle Wong and
Brother (Cousin) ... I can't wait. We're going to ride elephants and
shit :) will be a blast...