hi guys.

justa quick post today as it has been abit uneventful really. richard got lucky last night so i had to stay in another bungalow with the irish girls. its pretty much a universal rule that if you pick up your room mate has to just sleep on the beach.

we all had a bit of a headache today. i made sure i got abit of sun because i am trying to get some colour. then i went and had a whole body scrub and thai massage which was really good and cost 500B ($15).

me and the girls are going to check out phi phi island but we found out that they have thai boxing match on here tommorow so we are going to wait for that and then go the next day. we are going to do a thai cooking course thing they have here as well during the day. so its one more day of this island, then i will stay in phi phi for maybe two or three days (only if it is good- not if it is as quiet as phuket was.) then off to beijing.

i did a little bit of shopping today. i had to buy clothes while my pants are getting washed because i had no more clean clothes. i got a really funky looking 70's shirt that says "full moon party" and i got a pair of white beach pants. they were both 200B ($6) each.

i have had to make sure i start watching how much i spend and have tried to give myself a budget of 1,000B per day. it is really hard to get your head around the money thing. i am a terrible barterer. if it says 200b i say to them

"what about if i give you 100B for it"

they say "no. its 200B"

i say "o.k, here is 200B"

i cant really argue with them over the price of things when i should be. i just feel abit rude. i know they are ripping me off but its like $3. who cares.

(yeah i know, i know, i will care when i land in heathrow with NOTHING!!!!)


:-)

xO