Pictures of Bang Bao, Ko Chang

Finally I can share where I've been staying for over the last two weeks- and for the next two, as well!

This is the living room/deck of the house I am staying in-



and this is where we have dinner-



and where we swim when we go snorkeling-



and the sunsets and amazing colors I see-





I swear I'm not bragging or anything like that ;)

So I ended up changing my flight for the beginning of January. It was just too soon to leave Thailand! I am having so much fun in Ko Chang, with Barbara and Nui and everyone else; it's been real nice to just sit and learn to relax. So many things go through my head through out the day, including...what if I stayed here? What if I return here at the end? It's tempting...this experience, meeting so many people and seeing so many sights really makes me think about where I am with so many things and realizing that not everything is as complicated or as impossible as I'd like to believe (for my own security's sake, I think). I'm back in Bangkok for a few days to pick up my visa to India, extend my tourist visa for Thailand and fix my camera (it fell and now it doesn't focus), but then I'll go back to Ko Chang for the holidays. I'll also be meeting up with Barbara here, since she has a photo shoot for something, so maybe I'll get lucky to stick my head in and see what that's like. It's funny because there is no sign of Christmas in Bang Bao, but as soon as I returned to Bangkok- Christmas music was playing loud in the subway stations! I suddenly felt like I was jolted back to city life; back to another reality of hustle and bustle (and commercialism, of shopping, of time = money...). It's funny how we tend find a new appreciation for things when we suddenly don't have them in front of us... but I'll be back in Ko Chang in no time.

Here's an album of Bang Bao:

Bang Bao