Sorry to have been dilatory in blogging.
I can only offer in defense that we have been on a small coastal island without electricity -- called Koh Jam.
It was lovely -- long long white beaches with only a handful of folks, no loud music -- hell, no music at all except for acoustic guitars. We would take our kerosene lamps up to our huts along the edge of the jungle shortly after sunset to sleep ridiculously long hours until the sun was up again.
And now we're in Koh Phi Phi -- which was only about 4 hours away in a longtail, but is a continent away in terms of culture.
Actually, you cannot differentiate Koh Phi Phi from any other all-inclusive-riddled resort town: you could be in Puerto Vallarta, Hawaii, a Greek Island, and have no sense of the culture in which the hotels and restaurants have been developped. Just about everything has been erradicated except profit, and of that there is a great deal.
Some would find this comfortable, I suppose. Ingrid and I can hardly wait to get out and have only given it two days -- we're headed off to Krabi tomorrow on the morning ferry.
Thanks for reading. I'll provide a less cynical and more graphically intertesting post from there!
I can only offer in defense that we have been on a small coastal island without electricity -- called Koh Jam.
It was lovely -- long long white beaches with only a handful of folks, no loud music -- hell, no music at all except for acoustic guitars. We would take our kerosene lamps up to our huts along the edge of the jungle shortly after sunset to sleep ridiculously long hours until the sun was up again.
And now we're in Koh Phi Phi -- which was only about 4 hours away in a longtail, but is a continent away in terms of culture.
Actually, you cannot differentiate Koh Phi Phi from any other all-inclusive-riddled resort town: you could be in Puerto Vallarta, Hawaii, a Greek Island, and have no sense of the culture in which the hotels and restaurants have been developped. Just about everything has been erradicated except profit, and of that there is a great deal.Some would find this comfortable, I suppose. Ingrid and I can hardly wait to get out and have only given it two days -- we're headed off to Krabi tomorrow on the morning ferry.
Thanks for reading. I'll provide a less cynical and more graphically intertesting post from there!
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