Krabi putzing...

This report comes to you from the happy land of Krabi Province in southern Thailand...

I extend apologies for not sending word earlier, but things are just incredibly busy. Despite the abundance of internet cafes, there's just very little time to find some QIT (quality internet time).

Today we visited Phi Phi island. You can find more by clicking on the Thailand blog link over there on your left, btw. I met an interesting assortment of characters, from tour office booking agents, to alleyway food vendors, to sun-weathered tour boat guides who hang our at the Krabi town promenade looking for people wanting tours through the mangroves. It's been interesting to say the least.

The food is top notch down in this neck of the woods, although I think my body isn't too happy with me. I've been enjoying the fruits such as rambutans, mangosteens, and apple-pear like fruit with no seeds in it. People keep eating durian in front of me. To be quite honest the stuff reeks. I can't imagine putting that smell in my mouth.

In the lobby of our hotel room last night, one of our Thai team members was eating locusts on a stick. He chased that with fried silkworms, again on a stick. The locusts appeared to be alive, but I can't be sure. Another interesting observation: people eat and drink things out of plastic bags down here in Thailand. And there is a curious straw addiction. Everything liquid seems to be supplemented with at least one straw.

What are you people eating out there? I think that's the third time I've asked that on this blog in the last several months.