We’re back in Bangkok after a long stretch staying south of here at the beach. We stayed in the northern part of Phuket, next to a national park and, as you can see in the video, the beaches there were really uncrowded. It is the rainy season here, so we enjoyed the short spurts of rain just about every day.  Lots of down time with no real touring involved. Swam, ate, relaxed and slept a lot. Thomas played a bunch of water volleyball and Frances tried her hand at fishing for the first time – no fish to be found though. She also tried badminton.  Everybody liked the billiards table.  Our hotel also had a really great fire lighting ceremony. We’re going to be in the Bangkok area for almost two weeks, then on to Angkor Wat in Cambodia where we are going to celebrate Thomas’ birthday.