Sell the condo, cancel the master's, we're staying in Thailand

Apologies in advance if this doesn't make sense, but all the web options are in Thai so we don't quite know what we're pressing. Bangkok is better by night, hides the grime and isn't so hot. Hotel there was beautiful and luxurious, but we've moved on to grubbier and a happier place. By grubby, we mean a quiet paradise with rock climbing a few steps off the beach where we don't have to dress up for dinner. In fact, we could probably get away with not wearing shoes at all for the next two weeks. Low season means few crowds and surprisingly gorgeous weather. It's cooler now, only reaching about 90 degrees each day instead of 100. We're catching a nice breeze and Matt and I found a friend this morning to play frisbee. Our east coast values haven't quite adjusted to the non-pace, but we're (meaning I... Matt is much more calm) are working on adapting. Beer is helping the cause.

Now, especially for dad, everything we've eaten since we got here -

Fish and chips, croissants, coffee, beer, coffee, beer, Indian curry, wine, coffee, thai curries, taro root puffs in coconut milk, thai curries, beer, beer, thai curries, papaya, coffee, pineapple, beer. squid salads.

Strangely, the best food we had was in the shopping mall in Bangkok where we found the spiciest food I've ever tolerated. We got the man at the hotel to write on a sheet of paper something along the lines of "I will die if you feed me peanuts" and it's become very very very helpful here.

p.s. for aunt ellen, we love mangosteen and lychee. unfortunately, there was a huge sign prohibiting durian from our hotel in bangkok. after smelling the rotten sweaty feet in the market and realizing it was durian, we understand why.