The Cause of the Chicken Madness

We went to see FantaSea on Christmas night. What a show!?! It really was fun and we got some GREAT seats...left corner 2nd row up front. But who would have thought you could train chickens to act, b/c by golly they were amazing. Stole the show!!! I still chuckle.



Here's some random strangers video from around the Festival Village.





I wish I would have gotten a picture of the crazy-we-knew-he-had-to-be-high worker dancing at the entrance to one of the many stores here. He's was great!
Joel and I were real smart. Grabbed a beer to chill and walk around the park a bit. Not 5 mins. later, they started calling everyone to get seated for the show. Natasha caught us chuggin' at the entrance - all class!

Ben Stiller drinks his Chu Hi

See what other Japanese wacky ads the celebs have been in.

Christmas in Phuket

Here's "Treezilla" as Natasha nick-named it. I'm just remembering back how we ran around in the pool with it like children - awww precious!

Our Christmas gifts we exchanged and the bottle of wine Natasha won for what... playing musical chairs the night before? I knew that "bomb" would come in handy! ;P
Home sweet home! Nicest bathrooms on the whole trip. God, I'm cringing just thinking about Phi Phi's bathroom - never again.
The daily view of wind gliding from our pool side chairs!

One night in Bangkok

Well, actually it was like 4 nights...but who's counting'???
Any-who - I'm gonna display these pics along with the classic 80's Murray Head song....just to get you in the whole Thailand mood. Sing along with it - I know you wanna.
Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know what the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner
Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it
All change -- don't you know that when you
Play at this level there's no ordinary venue

It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --or this place!
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city
Whaddya mean?
Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town --
Tea, girls, warm, sweet

Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.

Ohh- Man. This city has ruined the ways I'll see bananas, opening pressurized bottles, and razor blades every again. Don't ask!

Oh the JOY of T-land!

One of my favorite things about the trip...

You go from the terror of Niigata

To the sunny heaven of the beach in one day(practically)!!!
Anyplace where I can wear flip-flops year round will always remain dear to my heart.


-Lovely-

*sniff* *sniff* I miss it already!

Teaser: Oh....Thailand

One week back from Thailand. Pics coming soon!

Year in Review - 2006

Well.....these are a few of my favorite pics of 2006 - not them all, but just a few. In the next 30mins. I'm heading out to catch the night bus to Tokyo to get my plane to Thailand for winter break.

Y'all have a Merry Christmas and and even an better New Years!!! See ya in 2007!!!