[Koh Lipe, Thailand] Moving on to another country today. Thailand has been great. The weather was pretty terrible for the first couple of weeks but since we got to Phi Phi it has been amazing. Thailand will always hold some old emotional memories for me (and some awesome new ones for both of us). Bangkok with it’s palace, shopping and mouthwatering steak, the big kitties at Kanchanaburi and the moving story of Hellfire pass.Our cool yellow/green fishy friends that are everywhere. Ups and downs learning to dive at Khao Lak. Climbing at Railay. Relief and joy at trying the diving thing again at Phi Phi. Black tip reef sharks and countless cool underwater critters. Unplugging for a day or two with awesome views at Koh Lipe (and more wonderful diving). It’s been quite a ride! The scuba diving especially has given us a new passion to play with – V is already plotting more diving off Borneo. Sipidan – Google it. It looks unbelievable.

Unfortunately Thailand has been more expensive than we expected, but we have been living it up, diving and eating way too much. We have passed the limit on our original budget (when we should have left for New Zealand), but are still okay with our 10% budget increase – hey, it’s inflation I tell you 🙂 It has been worth it. So out of original plan we’ll be skipping Singapore, Indonesia and East Timor (plus the ‘optionals’ of Nepal, Philippines and Australia). We have to leave something for next time.

[Pictures: Ahh.. we’ll miss those longtails]

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