Hurry Up and...

WAIT...that's the order of the day. We had to change our plane tickets before the visa office will issue me a visa out of the country so off we go to Thai airlines and couldn't get a flight any sooner than Monday, Nov. 7 to Bangkok but that accomplished - back to visa office. I will have an exit visa Saturday. Whew. This has been consuming all our time and $ this week and it's a lesson learned the hard way. Other than that we've been eating lots of wonton soup and Muslim kebab and noodles and hanging out in our hostel. Mr. Wu, as he promised, delivered all our goodies that we left behind in his care and we are duly impressed with his charity and kindness. If anyone wants to come to Beijing - make sure you get Mr. Wu's no. from us as he makes life easy and is reasonable and fair in his dealings.

Waiting for Monday, waiting for Monday...beach, beach, sun, english speaking pina-colada making, friendly Thai people await. ahhhh. We have booked a funky little beach hotel called Kata Villa in Phuket which comes highly recommended from some Mexican folks who stayed there. Can't wait. Gotta wait.

Posting some new pix today for those of you who log in to have a look at. The next pix will be BEACH.