Koh Samet: The sea cures all.

I just had a fantastic weekend in Koh Samet, an island about 4 hours south of Bangkok. We took a van and ferry there, quickly found inexpensive bungalows to sleep in, and then spent the next 3 days soaking up the sun and floating in the beautiful blue-green water. Saturday all 15 of us went out on a boat for snorkeling, a BBQ lunch, jumping into the sea from the upper deck of the boat, and sunset fishing. And of course the evenings were filled with drinking, late-night swims, and befriending the Thai and Cambodian bartenders and some Swedish boys that Lauren and I had pegged for hard-core Weezer and Miles Davis fans (“not cool enough for Coltrane”). It was a really excellent couple of days. I couldn’t stop saying that it looked like paradise and telling everyone how convinced I was that the sea can cure all of life’s problems.

Ao Hin Khok beach in Koh Samet

The most intense game of Jenga you ever did see. We played the Cambodian & Thai bartender sharks like pros, and I made the Jenga move of my life.

I'm pretty sure that's heaven.

I'm reading El Principito right now (Spanish translation of the Le Petite Prince) and this looks exactly like his drawing of the snake that swallowed an elephant.