it never lets up…

so the rain here just wont let up. as much as i love it, it would be nice to have at least one day to be dry. we spent last night walking around in the rain trying to keep dry and looking for a bar. at one bar we ran into this guy who had just gotten here form Laos. he spent two weeks there and told us all about how cool it is. hearing all his stories made me really excited that i’m gonna go there in a few weeks. he even showed us photos on his digital camera.

actually, speaking of digital cameras, we had a pretty funny moment in a restaurant last night. tom was taking a photo of us eating in the restaurant, and all of the thais that worked there got super excited that the digital camera showed the photo as soon as it was taken. pretty soon we were photographing all sorts of the people that worked at the restaurant, w/ people pouring out of the kitchen to crowd around and look at the photos of themselves. they were so excited! interacting w/ thai people here has been so great. for the most part they are all so truly friendly, smiley, and nice. it seems like they are always laughing and have this aura of kindness about them. and the thing is, all of it seems very genuine. not like back home when you get a nice waitress and you know they are just chatting you up in hopes of getting a good tip (there are no tips here btw).

today i did my final dives and got my diving license. i’m now certified and can dive anywhere in the world up to 60 feet deep. shweet!

-v