Meet Mimi

As should be expected by now, but is always pleasantly welcomed, we had an amazing day on Ko Samet playing volleyball with a bunch of locals who had some time off in between shifts. Our approach to volleyball is somewhat unorganized--we play together, one-on-one across the net at times (reserved only for the most dedicated) and practice hitting drills where Keeks pummels the ball at Mac, who dives all over the place to dig it up. Really, you should see us. Fortunately, many people take notice and there is always a small audience, cameras and recording devices poised and operating. These are what you may have heard referred to as "Superstar" moments. We are currently holding bets on how long it will take before we get an email that begins, "So, I was surfing the internet and I came across these pictures of you/video on YouTube/website dedicated to your names..." Let us know if you want in- minimum bid is 100 baht, which is about 3 bucks, so don't be stingy. Proceeds go to a new bag, because we both need one. Like a beach needs more sand.
The Rough Life is probably at it's roughest on the island because we have so many people to please and so little time to do so. After a full day of volleyball, we head to where everybody knows our name, our favorite dinner spot- Jep's. The menus there are the size of a small novella but we have been able to narrow it down to our favorites: satay gai (chicken skewers with peanut dipping sauce), som tom jay (spicy papaya salad) with Kao Neow (sticky rice, and also the nickname of a friend dear to the Jep's staff.) Sometimes we like to switch it up and order gang keow wan (sweet green curry) or tom yum goong (hot and sour shrimp soup), but that's only if Say is visiting and he is trying to eat the entire restaurant.
The boys at Jep's always beg us to meet them at the Muay Thai training center/bar called Naga's and, if we have enough energy to be social, we try to oblige. So begins our impromptu party last weekend, where the consequence for doing fifty twirls at the bar was a bucket of gin and tonic.
"Keeks, you're my hero."
After a questionable exit from the pool tournament, Mimi headed out for a final hurrah at Silver Sands bar for dancing and...noodles - sure, they are twice as expensive as in Sriracha (which makes them almost two dollars!) but they're green, so we're willing to pay extra for the novelty.