Thailand--lots to say, not much time

Hi All,
We are once again in a bar making blog postings (our "resort" connection has been down the whole time we've been there) and in spite of having brought the power brick, we can't plug in anywhere.

We've been eating great food--the boys have discovered watermelon juice and mango shakes, and we've all been enjoying a local treat known as "no name" We ordered it one day just to find out what it is. Turns out a prawn no name is vegetable and prawn fritter, served with a sweet chili sauce. We've ordered several varieties now, all delicious.

We did our first open water diving today. Visibility wasn't as great as we would have liked (the wind is still blowing mightily) but the coral was gorgeous, the fish interesting, and the Christmas tree worms amazing (they're bright blue, orange or yellow critters that fan out from the rocks and coral, and suck back into themselves as you pass by). We had a bit of an adventure when our little boat (that we used to get from shore to the big boat) swamped and nearly over turned on our return to shore. The tide is in and high, and we shot up a wave halfway onto the boardwalk. The next wave turned the boat on its side, spewing people, dive tanks and gear into the surf. Fortunately no one broke an ankle with the tanks, and all gear was recovered.

We haven't done as much beach lounging as we'd like (the wind), but we are still enjoying the lovely peace and quiet. We are staying at Black Tip Dive Resort (google them if you want to see more), which is a funky, low budget dive place, but with good food, clean bungalows, and nice people (including very good, native english speaking dive instructors).

My turn on the computer is up. Hope everyone is well. We are appreciating your comments, and will respond when we have better internet.

Take care.