Still breathing...

As I type this, it is 5 pm, local time, in Thailand on the 26th of December.

For those of you who may be following the news, there was a series of tsunamis that hit the area that I am travelling through in Thailand. The hotel I stayed at a few nights ago has been destroyed, and people are apparently stranded in a cave that I swam through yesterday, but I haven't been affected. We were really lucky, in fact. This one family staying at the place we did a few nights ago escaped with only the clothes on their backs. Our group gave them some clothes, sandals and money, but they lost all their documents (passport, plane tickets, etc). Lots of other people died.

Anyhow, I'm going to catch a sleeper train to Bangkok in a few minutes, so I gotta go. Just a quick note to let you all know that I am alive and well. Hope things are great back home.