THE HONEYMOONERS

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that's the case, there's about 15,000 words (15 pics) below for you to see. The Full Moon Party lived up to its expectations as the 10pm-10am did not disappoint. Thats me above jumping thru a ring of fire. Not as scary as it looks (Mom).

Today was a tough day for us (besides going to bed at 8am) because we had to leave our friends and our short-lived family at the Sarikantang Resort, which we highly recommend if you ever desire to go to Koh Phangan. Amanda's teaching buddy and friend Caryn and her cousin Seth, who I call Houdini b/c he broke into our room after we left the hotel key locked in the safety deposit box. And also our new friends, collectively "The Swedes". We are so lucky to have spent 7 nights at the same place getting to know The Swedes because they are great people and we hope they come to the U.S. soon. Or we can go to Sweden to visit them. Hmmm....

There's Mats and his girlfriend Risa, who are traveling for 2 months I think and then going back to school in Sweden. Risa did a semester abroad at Purdue and Mats lived in North Carolina when he was younger and got Jordan's autograph when he was at UNC.

And then there's the 3 stooges. Gustav, who one night didn't come home and when he did return he was without shoes (and still hasn't got new ones). Knull Gustav. There's Bucket Lars, named as such because the kid drinks buckets like they are water. You can see what buckets are in the pictures. And then there's Monkey, or Emil. He likes to swing from trees and make monkey noises.

A few notes and disclaimers to the pics:

-I shaved my head. Actually Monkey shaved my head the night of the FMP.
-The person passed out is no one we know, just trying to give you a flavor of the party.
-The hike we took was the day before the FMP and was really freakin tough.
-We got back from our hike and our room was adorned in heart-shaped rose pedals, wine, candles and flowers. The Sarikantang is the best - how nice is that!

Well, that's it for now. Amanda is getting a massage on the beach right now by two ladies - 200baht ($5) for 1hr. Wait, what am I doing in front of the computer...

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