A Vacation from our Vacation

I hope you all have enjoyed our blog thus far, it's been great to hear comments from our friends and family. To everyone back home, hope you're having a safe and enjoyable July 4th weekend. Interestingly, I think we're missing the States more than ever right now. That being said, the trip is no doubt winding down...it's been a whirlwind 3 weeks, to say the least...we need a va-cay. So, true to our name...we've made it from Spruce....to Ko Samui.

It's the last leg of our trip, the namesake of this very blog, and a much needed respite from the site-seeing, temples-visiting, and ruins-trekking that dominated our time thus far. Ko Samui is a bumpin island off the southeastern coast of Thailand, replete with blue beaches and palm trees. I doubt we could have asked for a better way to spend our last 3 days on this trip...sitting on the beach, sipping mango smoothies, and rollin deep in sun, sand and surf. After a short ferry ride, we arrived yesterday afternoon to some nice bungalows, just yards from the beach. Kyle was of course the first to jump in the ocean, wasting no time while I instead generously applied SPF 70 before heading out into el sol. Tsk tsk, Kyle. We strolled down the beach to some cool rock formations, eventually landing in a small crystal-clear ocean pond, surrounded by massive boulders. It was pretty legit, and I'm sure Kyle will load pics soon.

After browsing the world wide web for an hour, we retreated to dinner on Chaweng beach, a beach a bit north of Lamai, where we are currently staying. Wimbledon was on EVERYWHERE (yeah Roddick!) and it was cool to enjoy the game with such a multifarious crowd of travellers and natives alike. My spaghetti dinner made me miss the Olive Garden though (when you're there, you're family), so I'm itching to hit that up when I get back state-side. We bounced around a few bars, playing pool for an hour before heading to the Green Mango, Ko Samui's consumate club. It was ill...good tunes, good moves.

All in all, a relaxing first day....only to be followed up by additional relaxing and beach-meandering today. I'm almost done with An Unaccustomed Earth, while Kyle finally finished The Beach.

The other fellas are kayaking tomorrow. I'll opt for a nice beach chair and my iPod, thank you very much.

Adios my peoples. Again, thanks for reading along with us...we hope you've enjoyed it as much as we've enjoyed experiencing it. Just a few more posts I think...hang with us.

Vas