fun in the sun

the last part of our 7 week holiday we spent on a beach as we had long ago decided when we left on this trip. after 6 weeks of travel every few days, it would be great to chill out on a beach for about a week or so. we wanted to visit something none of us had been to before, so we chose to go to krabi province in southern thailand. unfortunately, the weather didn't really stay that nice the first 4 days we were there (Aonang Beach)so it was mostly movies, reading and shopping. by sunday night, we were itching to get going. oth anita and diana were arriving the next day so we went and checked out another more secluded beach called railay beach. it was pretty amazing as people needed to take a water longtail boat to get there. in low tide, this can be a daunting task. the boat rises and falls with the waves so you have to hang on. we soon arrived at railay beach and found some cool accommodations.

feeling festive and excited to see our friends, we decorated their room with happy birthday stuff for diana, whose birthday we missed the previous week. we gave her presents, she brought the good weather with her.

we had a lot of fun over the next 5 days. day time was spent at the beach for a few hours, in the almost hot sea water. We did manage to get some sea kayaking in which is such an incredible past time. It was great to paddle around the little inlets and coves, pulling up on a secluded beach for a quick swim. The evenings we spent playing cards, drinking and eating. we also took in a muay thai match which was something none of us had ever done. It was a little violent, but it is boxing after all. Very cool to see....some of the matches were very intense but excellent to see how it's done.

the next day, we said our see you later's to our friends and spent our final night in krabi watching a sensational sunset. it was almost like it was a little sendoff for elisha and i. it will stick in my mind on those cold days to come ahead.

on sunday, it was now our turn to set off for canada. we spent most of the next day in transit before arriving late the same day in vancouver where we would spend a couple of nights before heading back to ontario. everything went smoothly and it tuesday night when we were hugging our families hello once again.

the last two weeks have been full of up's and down's. it's hrad to fathom that just 2 short weeks ago we were in asia, on a beach in thailand but now we're sitting in heather&dan's basement playing guitar hero. it's great to be here, but i don't really think what we've seen has really sunk in. i know it will take time, but there are some things which i've settled back into. my favourite beer, canadian spellings, the openness of the sky(which is a ltitle scary at times) and many, many other things which i'm forgetting about.

now, i'm just in a holding pattern, circling the airport of life waiting to land. we're thinking that if elisha gets the job in toronto, that's where we'll try but if not? we are still considering moving to south america some where, but for how long? it takes time to set up in a new country, money, patience and cultural barriers to overcome. it's not that i don't want to, but i think it might be important to give it a go in canada. i guess what i am really trying to say is that i hope we can figure out what we are doing but i just need to be patient for the moment and everything will work out some how.

so, there it is. the last leg of the vacation. nothing too eventful, but a nice finish to a trip well worth the time and effort.