May 10

Good evening, all…

Today we have two SPOT locations from our intrepid Captain and crew. I also received a call from Holly this afternoon, around 4:00 (6:00 AM in Thailand) which I tried to document as best I could. What follows is my best recollection of our conversation…

From my phone conversation with Holly – May 10, 4:09 PM PDT

It is SOOOOOOOOO HOT!

They are cruising around in between a bunch of funny little islands (not sure what makes them funny… doubt that they have clowns in Thailand) that are really close together. The islands are called Hongs. They consist of lime stone, 400 to 500 feet high in some places with sea caves that have collapsed… there are places to snorkel, climb and explore via the dingy. Holly says that they are similar to mini caldera covered with jungle… there is just about everything you could imagine in a jungle there – exotic birds, monkeys, beautiful butterflies and very large lizards. Holly ended the description by saying it was like Jurassic Park meets Harry Potter meets Lord of the Rings.

Did I mention that it’s HOT?

Everyone is having a great time on the catamaran. It’s the princess ship of the charter fleet and they are loving the air conditioning. Thailand is very different from the Caribbean, for example, because there are no trade winds. The wind completely dies at night so there’s no breeze to help with the sweltering heat and humidity. Even though they have to listen to the generator and AC run all night, everyone thinks it’s well worth it.

So, it’s really, really HOT.

Captain Woody from Lat’s and Att’s joined the crew on the cat last night for social hour and a good time was had by all, partying on the trampoline. It sounds like everyone is having a blast and staying up waaaaay too late.

Oh, yeah… it’s incredibly HOT.

Holly said she wishes it would rain to give them some relief… the humidity is near 100% so what’s a little rain added to the mix?

The plan for today day was to head a little East of South which will take them closer to a few towns were they may be able to pick up a wireless signal.

I’ve attached three photos of Hongs that I pulled down from the internet (did not receive from Holly) so you can see what she was talking about and I was attempting to describe. It looks pretty fabulous to me…

And one last thing… it’s HOT! :o)

Warm regards, no pun intended…

Jo

P.S. I updated Holly’s facebook link, below.

Holly’s Website: www.mahalosailing.com

Holly’s Blog: http://mahalosailing.blogspot.com/

Holly’s facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000042275892&ref=ts

Betsy’s Blog: http://upsidedownsummer.blogspot.com/

Betsy’s facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BetsyCrowfoot

SPOT Location 5/9/10 9:39 PM PDT:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8.19791,98.49398&ll=8.19791,98.49398&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

SPOT Location 5/10/10 3:50 AM PDT:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8.2263,98.50441&ll=8.2263,98.50441&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1