October 17 (Continued)

Pictures from the last blog entry.


Boat ride to Ko Lan, the island near Pattaya


Banana boating


Terminal 21


Monkeys invading the car (they really liked the peanuts)


Cartoon Network Water Park


I'm a mature adult

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