playing catch-up

so the last few days have been a bit crazy. Sunday we woke up really early and got on a flight to Bangkok.  We hauled all our stuff to the train station and stored it there for the day and then went to explore the city.  I'm sorry for those of you who have been to Bangkok and love it, we weren't such big fans.  It was so dirty, crowded and just way too overwhelming.  I'm glad we did it though because i can't look back and regret not going.  I think we were just too spoiled in Chiang Mai.  We tried to go to the Grand Palace- where the King used to live, and it was closing just as we got there, another dissapointment.  So we took a water taxi back to the train station (the best part of bankgkok, i thought) and waited for our night train to take us to the islands.  We then took a 7:30 train down to a town called Chumphon where we arrived at 5am.  Then we waited for a bus to take us to a ferry and we road this 3 hour catamaran boat to get to Koh Tao.  So we have been exhausted.  The first few hours in Koh Tao were pretty dissapointing.  There isnt much of a Thai community outside of tourism on this island so its more expensive and not as friendly.  We finally went to the southern part of the island which isnt as crowded and found a hotel.  we are much happier being down here out of all the tourists and divers and craziness.

bad news, i left the cord that hooks my camera to the computer at home.  so i can't upload any pictures unless i find somewhere to buy a cord. 

hope everything at home is going well, send me updates from your end!