Well, after the craziness of Bangkok, I am sitting here in a nice little net cafe on the sleepy island of Koh Phangan. I rode the train for 10 hours, a taxi for 2 and a ferry for 3 hours to get here, and it was worth every minute. Whilst on the train, I was looking out the window and it struck me, I saw the sun. Throughout my entire stay in Bangkok, I hadn't seen the sun at all. That just goes to show the utter pollution and smog there.

However, one afternoon while in Bangkok, it began to rain. I'm not talking any wimpy Calgary or even dreary Vancouver rain. I'm talking absolutely POURING rain! I ran across the street and got completely soaked. The streets filled with water (in picture) in about 20 minutes.

I met an interesting girl from Wisconsin and we had a long discussion on the merits of Christianity, Love, Grace, and the nature of religeon while we were both waiting for our respective trains in Bangkok. I am starting to realize that all religions (for me) are equally valid because many of the concepts they are stressing are universal. Basically, be good to your fellow man, and don't indulge too much in life because there are always consequences to be paid for your pleasure.

But Koh Phangan is an amazing place, it is the kind of tropical paradise that I had dreamed about when I orginally started planning my trip. I'll update more pictures of the scenery and me doing Muay Thai in the next week here. But holy crap, time flys when I'm on the internet and it's about double the price on the island.