The single girl we met left town.  She was a distant relative of the owner of the Mexican restaurant.  When she got home she recieved a text messgae from the owner saying  Anthony Bordain was in his restaurant reading his own book.  Who knows maybe he was there reading his book. :)  But sheesh, he is a half foot taller then me and 7 years older.

The couple left yesterday.  They are not a couple but just friends.  The guy works in Korean.  He pointed out to me that much of the people here that I thought were Japanese were Korean too.   He pointed out the Korean couples, they wear the same clothes as each other.  A trend in Korea I guess.   I didn't notice until he pointed it out.  Strange.

I was able to get my hair braided, well sort of.  There was a guy on the beach getting his done as we walked by.  He was getting all his haid twisted off in small sections and held in place with little rubber bands.   I toook my hat off and asked the girl if I had long enough hiar and she said I do.  Boo-ya!  Cleaned up the back to the hair braid place.  When I was getting my hair done she asked if I was an artist.   Why I do not know.  Maybe it was the bear can that was gluded to my hand?  :)  Jing says she thinks she meant actor casue I had on my superman shirt.  Anyway she asked if it was hurting but it really was not.  It just felt like all my head was being pulled back.  Like Ren from Ren and Stimpy when he gets petted.  Well later that night when sleeping is when the pain statred.  Could not rest my head directly on any of the sectioned off spots without an ouch.  Same with the shell ankle braclet Jing bought me.  Could not have to ankle directly on a shell.  Had to hand the foot off the bed  Jing said i was moving all night.   But I will keep the ouchy hiar for a bit more, the price of looking cool. :)

We have been slipping up a bit with food, doing the tourist all you can eat buffets on the beach. Last night asked the hiar braid girl where she eats.  So we went to the back alley by the wet market and found the restaurant she described.  Nobody in it.  Bad sign.  But next to it was a local restaurant the was crowed.  A good sign.  It was small and open air.  Had water lilly adobe, ground pork and potato over rice and beef bulalo.  Boo-ya again!  Scored twice in one night.  Going to try to bring back the bulalo recipe, watched how she was making it.   The marrow out tof the bone was amazing.  Went back for lunch today after diving.  The bartender from the Mexican restaurant was eating there and he works in a restaurant aboutu .5 miles away.  Tonight Jing wants to buy fish and seafood from the wet market and find some local place to cook it for us.

Got to dive today.  Contacts back in.  Could not go  on the wreck dive because it was 100 feet deep.  Too far down for my casual diving experience.  But I did get to dive a reef.  Not a great reef but good for $34 and Jing got to snorkel and practice swimming while I dove. Last day here.  Tomorrow off to Bali.  Now back to Sun and Sun screen.

Here are just some random thoughts to fill blog space for the 3 people reading this, one being Jing and the other my parents. :)

I have only been nervous 3 times in a car as best I can remember.  The 3rd was on the trip to Jing's parents village.  Her cousin was driving and he was passing on a blind curve.  Later I asked him about it and he said he didn't remember but I should have told him about it becasue he was getting sleepy.  Yikes.

Hum Bow (excuse the spelling) is servered here as fast food like a hamburger.  It is pretty good except the meat inside is like from the movie Meatballs, "some kind of meat".

When we woke up yesterday it was overcast but went we ventured out the Sun came out But I was lazy and did not put sun block on cause we were just walking.  Well my hat saved my face but my neck and arms now have farmers burn.  After we get back I'll put up the pics and the 3 readers can match pics to blog.  This one will be funny.

If I was ever on American Idol I would choose to sign The Velvet Undergroud's Sweet Jane.  Great Great under the radar song.

So far the vacation is pretty good...cheap beer, cheap and great local food, good book and fun exploring with Jing.   3 beaches in 2 days although not great beaches.