Wednesday, March 14, 2007




On Monday we had a trip lowpoint, at least for Somchai. We drove to the tiny town of Glenorky, at the far end of the lake, and hung around there for hours. We then boarded this jetboat thing at 1 pm, which took us on a daredevil tour of the Dart River, which feeds into the lake. The boat zips along at amazing speeds and can turn on a dime, which it does frequently. The scenery was nice, but we had already seen it from the more spectacular vantage point of a helicopter, so that was a bit repetitive, so most of the entertainment came from the twists and turns of the boat. When the boat broke down (what is it with us and boats?) that came to a halt as well. It was also pretty cold to be blasting around the river, and Somchai was overall pretty grumpy. We did, however, come out of this with one of our recurring punch lines, which is Lady Fanny of Omaha, which never fails to get us laughing hysterically. I know it's somehow related to one of the passengers on the boat, but that's as close as I can get to an explanation.

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