Beach to Bangkok

April 23rd Days left: 6
We are in Ko Chang staying on Long Beach at the Tree House Lodge number 2. The tide is very dramatic here and it seems to rise more than three feet, maybe even five feet a day! In the morning there are little islands in front of our bungalow but by night time they have disappeared.
Today we have stayed here five days and four nights. We went on a snorkelling trip for six and one half hours. First we got in a little speed boat that bumped on the waves to a bigger boat that had all sorts o f equipment on it. Then a dive instructor fitted us with flippers and masks. We rode on the boat for a little while and Mama, Matthew and I each had a wafer bar. All food on the boat was free but we got two cans of pop and unlimited everything else, so wafer bars, water, coffee and tea. Then we got to the spot and the divers got out and swam away. Then we (Mama, Matthew and I) and the three other snorklers went into the water. There were all sorts of fish that were about this big (drawing in journal) and had stripes on them.
They were mostly different shades of blue except for their eyes which had an amber ring around a black centre. Then there were little tiny fish, about this big: (drawing in journal) and bright blue except for their fins which were neon green.
There were sea urchins that were black and spiky and looked like they had a little eye or something in the middle: (drawing in journal). The eye thing was brown with a black dot on top.
There was coral too, some that looked like a big maze that was orange (drawing in journal) and other coral that looked like a forest of twigs. We also saw a lot of sea anemones. Then we went back to the boat, dove to a beach and then stopped for lunch. We had a buffet on the boat of lettuce, squid with rice ,baby corn and other vegetables, fried rice with vegetables. pork, beans and three other dishes I don't remember.
We scraped the scraps into the water and lots of rainbow coloured fish came to eat it.
Then we swam back to the boat and played in the water a bit. I even dived off the roof of the boat! Then we drove to another spot to snorkel and then we came back here.

April 29th Days left 1!
We are in Bangkok again, whiling away the hours before our flights which we are 42 hours away form taking. Yesterday I bought a music CD with traditional Thai wind instruments on it. I also bought 2 hats.
It is 7:?? in the morning right now and we are about to go eat breakfast. The hotel has wireless internet so that's nice. I am getting hungry now and want to go eat.
After breakfast....
The buildings here are huge in some places like Papa says that it looks like a science fiction movie. Lots of glass and concrete.
(Drawing in journal)

Jonas