On my third night in the beach bungalow on Ko Phi Phi, I was forced to admit that the rustling I was hearing at night was not the sound of the air from the fan moving the plastic bag in the waste bin. This realization came about when I shut off the fan and the rustling continued. I got out of bed, turned on the light to investigate, and nudged the bin with my foot. It began to vibrate on its own, which concerned me a little. I nudged it again, and a fluorescent green blob shot vertically out of the bin, hit the wall and disappeared behind the dresser before I could positively identify it as amphibian, reptilian or alien. Satisfied that in any case it wasnt a mouse I put in my earplugs and went to sleep.
Three days on the island turned out to be just the right amount of time: one to hike up to the viewpoint/tsunami evacuation area and admire the scenery, one to snorkel and beach hop from a speed boat, and one to lay around on the sand reading Love in the Time of Cholera in between dips in the sea. This was followed by a travel day, and then a day of sightseeing and last minute shopping in Bangkok before heading the the airport early in the morning to catch the first of a series of flights that will take me back to Canada. First to Toronto, where I’m looking forward to seeing friends and brushing my teeth with tapwater, next to spend Christmas with family in southern Ontario, and then to the Okanagan for some cross-country skiing and New Years with Mom and Dad before the next adventure starts sometime in January….
A warm thanks to all of you who’ve been reading this blog and for the many encouraging comments over the last couple of months. Your support and kind thoughts are very much appreciated. My friends, however you celebrate this time of year, whether it’s fiestas, family dinners, midnight mass or menorahs, solstice parties, moonlit skis, or maybe just huddled next to a woodstove praying for spring to please come soon, I wish you the very best of the season and a happy and prosperous 2010.
Oh I’m going to miss this….would you mind just making up stories?
Have a happy holiday season, Colette. Thank you for entertaining us.