Happy Birthday to me!! Matt and I left Beijing 9/17 for Bangkok and had a great flight on Thai Airways. Only 4 1/2 hours long but we got 3 meals and free alcohol. Not bad. The new airport in Bangkok is a huge glass building that looks like something from a sci-fi movie. Well, we tried to be brave and spend the night in the airport because we only had about 7 hours until our morning flight to Krabi but at about 2:15am I gave up and we went to the hotel counter in...

Woke up early this morning to travel from Koh Phangan back to Bangkok. First we took a boat to Koh Tao which the the next island north. It it beautiful with most bungalows perched up on rocky cliffs. There are not very many beaches for swimming though. Took a second boat up to Chumporn (on the mainland) and sat on the beach for 45 minutes until our bus arrived. It was a double decker coach with fully reclining seats. I couldn't even touch the seat in front of me...