We went to the Bangkok Hard Rock cafe, which normally I wouldn't be excited about, but they had chinese chicken salad. It was heavenly. 

I love the big tropical drinks in coconuts with umbrellas. This one had the added bonus of coconut jelly once the drink was finished... yummy! 

I'm singing along, not really paying attention to the photo op... 

This is me, singing a song that I almost certainly don't know the words to.  

I'm not exactly sure who these guys are... crazy Italian picture hijackers, perhaps? 

There is a huge culture of knock-offs in Thailand. Enter 'Parada.' 

Getting ready for the half-moon party on Koh Phagnan. We had a little mini danceathon in our hotel room. 

I know I look like I know what I'm doing here, but inside, I'm scared to death. 

Kirti getting ready for the ill-fated scooter adventure... 

There were firedancers on the beach in Koh Phagnan. They weren't extremely skilled (I'm actually surprised that some of them are not severely maimed), but they were entertaining. 

Our first night in Koh Phagnan. The beach clubs were really cool. 

On the ferry to Koh Phagnan. 

Kirti and Shadie at dinner our first night. 

We stayed at then nicest hotel EVER on Koh Samui. We had not one, but two jacuzzis on the balcony! 

The Koh Samui airport is completely open air, including the luggage carousels. 

When you arrive at the Koh Samui airport you get to ride on these little trolleys like at Disneyland. 

Our first view of Koh Samui... gorgeous! 

We almost missed our flight to Koh Samui and as you can tell, we didn't get much sleep the night before. Gotta love those 2 am flights... 

This was us, crammed into the smallest, most rickety taxi I had ever seen.  

Brian decided to take pictures with every cardboard cutout of a Thai woman that he saw...  

More cardboard Thai women... 

The ongoing saga of Brian's relationship with cardboard Thai women...  

This security guard decided that I was a closet member of a terrorist group... and proceeded to tear apart my entire bag...  

The first step along a long road to Thailand... We're off to Mumbai. 

One of several birthday dinners in August. Seems like everyone's parents were on the same wavelength in December :)