Jack Fisher

Just when I can't pimp Flickr enough, they come out with a new widget that makes life so much simpler. If you access photos on Flickr now (ahem, like mine) – you can use the map function to view where that photo originated.  So for example, if you'

We had dinner on our porch. Our porch was attached to our guesthouse. Our guesthouse floated on the river, just on the edge of the bend. We watched the sun hid, blushing, among the reeds across the green waters.

Traffic jams in Asia mean: meandering cows, impatient goats, scared chickens, apathetic ducks (and geese), snooty yaks, curious water buffaloes, noisy sheep, and the occasional grunting snorting sneezing wholly pleasantly pleased with themselves - pigs.

This side of Thailand was different. Gone were the fashionable tourists, the go-go girls and ladyboys, and the whitened faces that catered to our holiday fever... Replace that fantasy with the other side.

Then again, I played frisbee with a Brazilian raver and basketball with an Israeli music teacher and the surrealness of it pulls me back in. Back into the circuit.

So today I'll hop on a longtail boat from Haad Yuan to Hadd Rin, then from Haad Rin on Koh Phagnan I'll catch the latest ferry to the nearest large island of Koh Samui, where they hopefully have western medical facilities.