To the beach

We headed south from Bangkok and have been on the island of Koh Tao for the past couple of days.

Bangkok was fun for a while, but we're glad to be in a more mellow atmosphere now. We've gone diving for the past two days, which is a spectacular experience that I highly recommend for anybody that has never tried it.

We've decided to splurge a little and ended up in a VIP bungalow (they like that term here) that has beautiful Balinese architecture and sits on a small peninsula overlooking the Gulf of Thailand -- very honeymoony. We're continuing to eat great food -- we just had a meal at a fantastic restaurant that, while not strictly Thai (more of pan-Asian fusion), was fabulous, really the best meal we've had in Southeast Asia period, including our previous trip.

We'll probably stay here a bit longer and relax some more and do some more diving before moving on further south.