hanging in a hammock and 'no prescription, no viagra'

Yesterday it rained for most of the day. But that didn't stop us from managing to enjoy the day in style. We found ourselves sitting in a restaraunt that is perched up high above in a Banyon Tree. After making quick friends with the softest dog on the planet and enjoying a cup of tea and lunch we made our way to the inviting hammocks where we sat and watched the rain and the ocean in the distance and I managed to write a few letters to friends back home. The rain let up long enough for us to hop on our scooter, head back to our resort (where we seem to be the only guests) and have a steam, swim, steam once more and another swim. Drank a couple of beer instead of having our daily nap and then giggling like school girls headed into town for dinner.

During the day we went into a pharmacy to try and look for some really strong mosquito spray as we are officially heading into some serious mosquito country...in our guidebook for Laos, under wildlife it only lists mosquitos...so we get the feeling they could be pretty bad there. While perusing the available stock we noticed a sign that one would really only stumble on in Thailand that said. "Sorry we can not give out sleeping pills or Viagra without a prescription." I think this is a clear indication of the majority of men that come to Thailand (not to generalize, but there really are a lot of them). Men old enough to be my father or in some cases my grandfather who are walking around on the arm of a 20 something thai woman. I guess they have trouble sleeping and getting it up on their own. The sign made me giggle at the very least.

From another sign we saw today while exploring the eastern side of the island we learnt that washing your hands helps reduce diarhhea...so many helpful hints here in Thailand...a plethora of knowledge really.