Catch Up!

I apologise profusely for not writing in such a long time. More than half a year!
What has happened? Well, over the next few posts I'll catch you up!

First things first, the major event of the last half year was my trip to Thailand during the month of February. Here is a photo summary of the fun in the sun.

I stayed on only 2 islands, Koh Tao and Koh Pha Ngan located in the Gulf of Thailand on the East side of the southern Thai Peninsula - just north of the better known island of Koh Samui.

Many gorgeous sunsets were to be seen on Koh Tao, as I stayed on Sairee beach facing due west. I must have taken 50 sunset photos, of which I'll post just one:



One of the reasons for the trip was to meet Jia Jia (though we were no longer boyfriend/girlfriend by then), and here she is standing in front of a sky so beautiful, it looks fake. But it's not! I swear!



And here are a few more Koh Tao beach photos:










Then it was off to Koh Phan Ngan where I stayed on the beautiful and relatively quiet Ton Nai Pan Noi beach.







But unfortunately, my cheap bungalow was right next to a combination rooster farm, dog breeding center and nightclub - or at least the noise that assaulted me as the night progressed made me feel like I was. So I decided to try to get a good night's sleep and splurged on my last day to stay in a beautiful, secluded and much pricier (comparatively - it still only put me back $80 for that one night) bungalow.

It had a tree growing in the bathroom!



And a commanding view from the balcony...




But why so beach obsessed? Well, because this is what I left behind in Montreal, and then had to return to:



Montreal winter in February is really at it's worst - extremely cold, snowy, windy (making it even colder), dark, pretty miserable sometimes. So Thailand was a welcome respite from this. Sadly, winter isn't even over yet here in mid-April, but the coldest is over and spring is in the air!

Well, that's it for now. Soon I'll post more catch up news - I promise :-)
Ciao!