Camp Champions Blog

When we decided to take this trip, we contacted our frequent travelers, including Susie Silver, a business school friend of Susie's.  For the sake of clarity, I will call her Silver Ma'am.  Silver Ma'am is a truly seasoned world traveler, having been to Asia over a half dozens times.  To our delight, she had plans to be in Laos and Thailand around the same time we would be here.  We rearranged our trip slightly to spend 5-6 days with her.

Today, we linked up with her.  Here she is.

Little happened today, unless you count reducing Susie's stress level.

I am not sure what type of blog I want to share, so I will do a three part offering.

I am not sure what to write.  It is Christmas  in Bangkok.

I could write about the lovely pictures my family sent from Midland, Texas.  They sent holiday wishes,

Today is Susie’s birthday.  She is now a lovely ?!#*@#%! years old, but looks a decade younger.  So, what does our lovely matron get for her birthday?  A domestic flight on a Thai airline.  Yippee!  What better way to celebrate.

If the flight was not enough, she also has to suffer the loss of the beach.  It is actually cruel if you think about it.  Our adamant lover of the surf and hater of flying must board a plane and leave the shore behind.

There are some things that you cannot unsee.  You might wish that you could forget them, but they remain seared in your brain.

Today, such a vision happened.

There is little to report today.

We are experiencing the extremes of beach vacations.

We are leaving the glorious beach resort at Koh Phi Phi.

[Disclaimer:  After two fluffy blogs, I feel a need for some thoughtfulness.  Most of my blogs are meant to share the adventures and experiences of Team Baskin on our travels.  Occasionally, I will pursue a philosophical tangent, but I generally stay with travel reporting.  This blog is one long philosophical tangent.]

I have been struggling a great deal lately with the balance of culture and progress, tradition and technology.