Wow, Lupe took some nice pictures! I haven't had the chance to go through all of them but they look pretty good. The pic above was taken at Karon beach...I had wanted to take a walk along the beach. We stopped at a coffee house to get cold drinks and for every drink we bought, we were given 15 minutes of internet use. Cool. Lupe and I took 1/2 hour each to check e-mail etc. On our way back, we walked along the street and took some pics of this serpent/dragon statue. I am not sure what the significance is but it is pretty cool.
This pic is from the Sunshine Bar. We met some fellow travellers from the Trip Advisor forum for some all-you-can-eat BBQ then on to the Sunshine Bar. It is basically a U-shaped bar with stools and a few tables around the bar. This pole is smack dab in the middle of the U with a smaller bar at the top where a bell hangs about 6 ft from the ground. There are 4-5 bargirls who sing along to CDs and they shimmy up the pole like squirrels. They make it look so easy which fools everyone into thinking climbing the pole is a piece of cake. Lupe attempted the pole and had a little help from a bargirl. She even scored 1000 baht ($25) from some man that laid down $$ for any woman that could do it. As the night wore on, we had the kids try (with obvious help). That's one thing that it was a kid-friendly evening. The bargirls were funny, even shouting out,"Hey, handsome man, where you come from? What's your name? We love you long time!" It was all in fun, poking fun at themselves.