Yesterday after a late breakfast, I went to the beach.  The beach here is much nicer than Hua Hin, but still not the clear beautiful water you expect of Thailand.  They had a bunch of chairs and umbrellas set up along the beach.  I wasn’t sure if I had to pay for the spot, but I ordered a coke at one and sat there for quite a while reading.  There was a wonderful breeze and the water was nice too.  Later I met Chris for dinner.

Today I met Chris for breakfast.  One of his friends said he would take us sailing sometime between 10:00am and 1:00pm.  It turned out to be 2:00pm so I did some printing of my upcoming travel arrangements.  I still find it easier to get to my hotel if I have a printed copy of the hotel info instead of handing my phone over to the taxi driver.  Then we went out for a sail.  It was nice to just be on a boat sailing.  I do feel a bit useless as I know nothing about sailing and couldn’t help with anything.  Brian was our captain, a nice Italian guy who grew up in Zimbabwe and married a Russian lady and now lives in Thailand.  Most of the talk of the day was about world issues and world economy, which I know nothing of.  It was facinating, but also hurt my brain.  Later, I got to meet Brian’s wife and two of his children.  His children are fluent in 3 languages, like it’s no big deal, especially his 3 year old daughter.

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