Here Comes the Sun

I think I've mentioned at least a couple times before that this is the rainy season, but that it only rains for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Well, it rained for almost a full 24 hours from Saturday night until yesterday afternoon. We didn't let the rain stop us, though. We decided to still go out dancing on Saturday night. We drove our motorbikes, but the rain got so heavy that we had to stop once on the way to the place where we were supposed to meet our friend Palm and wait until the rain lessened. The atmosphere of the bar was fun, and they had a free fire show (three guys on the beach twirling fire sticks), but we wanted to dance and the band wasn't playing good dance music. Also, Palm didn't meet us because of the rain. Sunday afternoon we met up again with our English friends Russell and Laura. Following a bit of Red Bull and Thai rum, we all had a midnight swim in the ocean. After all the rain, we were rewarded today (Monday) with a beautiful sunny day. This afternoon Russell and I paddled to one of the small islands near Ko Chang in a kayak. It was a little further away than we thought it was, so we were tired by the time we made it back to shore.