Respect the Buddha

        
             Perhaps I should be taking it easy seeing as how my genes tend to attract the strep a little too easily.  But you know what, it's Saturday, I don't have an agenda, I do have a motorbike, and there's some pretty cool stuff all around.  I'd be stupid NOT to be zipping around the island, slapping bugs with my face, smiling at the oncoming traffic, honking at elephants, and doing double takes at the massage ladies hollering for some attention ..wait... that was a lady right? 

*a well placed guard rail.

(Tip: try not buying your petro from the bottles on the side of the road, pretty sure it's watered down.)
   

            I did handle some biz today - delivered some US mags to my old barber friend, handled some shopping and rubbed shoulders with the locals, then tried paying my respects to a friend that passed from a motorbike accident.  Only friends of the family were around.  Respect to Buddha.   Since death is just the beginning in their eyes, a tragic accident isn't so tragic.  In memory of Kane I continued my ride to the other side of the island, snapped some shots at Kata Beach, the back of the Big Buddha, and Patong off in the distance.  

 *That little itty-bitty white thing that you can hardly make out on the top of the hill is the back of the Big Buddha from my previous post.

 *view from Kata Beach

                                                  *jacket lift and Bacardi = beach essentials.

 *Kata Beach at the bottom of the hill (bay #1, midground) Patong Beach (bay #2, background)

           Nothing wrong with the solo ride, but a few folks from back home wouldn't have hurt.  Even if it is just a motorbike, riding around on two wheels just can't be explained in text.  You gotta be there. 

A motorcycle in my future?  Maybe someday... maybe.