Colin and Neil joined the moped brigade at Koh Samet, where the dirt roads are fun and the rental fees are cheap.

[Journal and photos by Colin McAuliffe]

Bangkok can make a man crazy, or a woman for that matter. It's fast, loud, intense, and odiferous, and don't get me wrong, I love it, but every now and again a man needs a break from the ol' hustle and bustle, and my preferred break spot is Ko Samet. Ko Samet is an island about a four-hours drive and a half-an-hour boat ride from Bangkok, and it's just a great place. Sun, sand, beach chairs, what else could a man ask for? So anyway, Neil, Chanda, Nancy and I all took off there for a nice long weekend of good times. We made some great friends and had some great laughs (and a few milkshakes too). We ate, we slept, we danced, we relaxed, you name it, we did it. The trip lifted a huge weight off all our shoulders, and now the team is ready to roll. One more week and we are out of Thailand, and I think it was a great idea to spend some of our last days in a beautiful tropical setting rather than a bustling metropolis.

Colin met some cute-and-silly little kiddies on the beaches of Koh Samet.

[Photo by Colin McAuliffe]

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