Gin Rummy

Hey all...it's me Heather!! Haven't heard from me for a while and I guess it's been kinda nice. Blogging is hard work, or something. You know while Chris is blogging I just get to play about on the computer and do nothing important. But on to what we're doing now.

We are currently at a fairly remote beach on the east side of Koh Tao...so no beautiful sunsets, but that's o.k. We've been doing alot of reading and teaching ourselves new card games...hence the Gin Rummy title. We've kinda gotten addicted to it and we're not even sure we're playing correctly. We picked up an abandoned card game book from the previous bungalows and have learned from there. Now I like it because it's a game I can actually win. So I usually win the rounds, meaning I score higher points, but Chris wins more hands. So what does that mean? I don't know. Does anybody. I mean by the rules I still win. Yes, I'm the winner. Whoo hooo! I"m sorry. That's not very nice. Chris is a great opponant. Now if I could just spell that word. Too bad the spell check doesn't work on this thing.

We had to get a "taxi" (a toyota 4x4 with benches in the back along the sides, so you need to watch your head on low hanging power lines and trees) to get more money, supplies and internet. Where we're staying has a very swimmable beach and a coral reef. We spent yesterday snorkeling and just being in awe of all the underwater formations. The fish were pretty cool too. Chris thinks he saw a reef shark and got a bit spooked. I'm glad I didn't see it. I'd be high tailing to the shore...which I was doing any ways. Unfortunately the rental equipment isn't all that great and we spent a good deal of our time treading water and fixed various problems with our masks and snorkels, but it's still good.

We've seen quite a bit of wild life in and around our bungalow. We have a big gecko that sings to us through the night, remindind us his name, "gecko, gecko, gecko" and a snake that lives in the water tank under our bungalow....oh and the cockroaches that somehow find it into the bathroom. We've got one currently trapped right now and haven't figured out how to dispose of it.

o.k. i've got to go now. the "taxi" is leaving. we'll write more in bangkok.