Heading to Ko Tao!

It's Wednesday today and tonight we are heading to Ko Tao!!! Also known as Turtle Island (Ko = island, Tao = turtle). Ko Tao is supposed to be one of the best places in the world to scuba dive and snorkel. Although I don't think I will have time to take a scuba class I will definitely be snorkeling. Southern Thailand is also very well known for its seafood, another thing I'm looking forward to.

So this week started off with me getting up at 6:00 am on Monday morning to find that the Super Bowl was not broadcast on any of the channels in Thailand so we had to go to a sports bar to watch the game. I got to see the last part of the 2nd half, halftime, and most of the 3rd quarter then I took a motorbike taxi to school (so cool!). Watching the game was a blast. I haven't seen that many Americans in one place since I've been in Southeast Asia. Made me feel at home :) Two of the guys on the exchange are also from the US, and they are both from Wisconsin so that made the experience even better haha. Go Green Bay!

Monday night we also discovered an all you can sushi restaurant for only 288 baht, which is less than $10. It was amazing. There is a buffet of all kinds of sushi, dessert, fruit, then are your table there is an inductance pot with broth in it and little plates on conveyor belts around the restaurant with raw meet and vegetables you can cook in the pot on your table. It was the best dinner ever.

Tuesday I had class in the morning and afternoon, then at night I went to play some volleyball with Eye. Her and I and one of Eye's coaches were the only girls there, the rest are men, so we played on a men's net but it was still good volleyball. I'm still pretty rusty but it's nice to be able to touch a ball. They also play with the international ball which is a little different than what we use at home but it's not too bad. So out of the 30 guys there were there to play volleyball with us about 3 were "real men" (that's what Eye and Ploy, another vball girl, call them) meaning on three of them are straight. haha. Being gay or a "ladyboy" in Bangkok is not something out of the norm at all. It is very accepted in this society which is very different from the US I think. They've gotten past all prejudice and it's just a normal way of life here. It's almost like the cool thing to do haha. But I think that is just in Bangkok, not for all of Thailand.

So I'm off to class from 4-7 then we leave on our overnight bus at 8! I can't wait!