Paradise Over So Soon

I can not believe that we are heading home in just a few days! It's weird because it seems like just yesterday we stepped off a plane into a foreign country, not knowing what was to come. And now feeling like locals, we can speak several Thai phrases, know how to haggle with the best of them, and haven't gotten Malaria or Dengue Fever. I am so excited to show everyone our pictures, and we promise to try to keep it no longer than an hour, but we have over 30gigs of memory sticks full....hmmm. Tonight is the ever famous "Full Moon Party" but we are tucked away up north on the secluded beach known as Bottle Beach. We will not be up until 6am painted with glow in the dark black light body paint and drowning on endless Vodka Red Bull Buckets, watching firedancers and drunk blokes trying to jump-rope a firey rope...Swarms of people come here today and leave tomorrow. We were lucky to get a room. Unfortunately we have to share a bathroom which is far behind our beach bungalo. But the view is like a postcard! We hiked up to the furthest point yesterday and had spectacular views of the whole bay. But the hike was killer, an hour of strait uphill, no traversing, and tons of mosquitos....I love DEET.... I guess a little excersise was good after 3 days of lounging on the beach, soaking up the sun! Ah, but to think about coming home is sad. We don't want this to end, and yet, we are excited to see everyone. Real life starts next week. Work mode slowly slips in. And the taste of sunscreen, salt water and Pad Thai will soon fade away. I'll have to make sure to request my 3 months off for our next trip, in 5 years....