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beach at Koh Samui. \u00a0And that, to me, is amazing! \u00a0So if you ask me what is the best invention of the 21st Century so far, I would have to say “Skype” without a doubt.<\/p>\n
The Daughter is having the most amazing time. \u00a0She and her friend, the lovely Laura, have packed so much into their first week and they still have two more weeks to go. \u00a0In Chiang Mai yesterday they went to the elephants; a lovely place where they roam free in the jungle (the elephants not the Daughter and Laura) in between mixing with the tourists and the have no seats or saddles either, which makes a pleasant change as so many places make the elephants carry two people in a heavy seat and have them chained up. \u00a0 They’ve also had ringside seats at Thai boxing, been to temples, markets, palaces and even found time to play ping-pong!<\/p>\n
And this time next week they will be in Krabi and I will be in Antigua, writing furiously and when I’m not writing, I’ll be filming, and we will still be able to talk to and see each other through Skype! \u00a0And I will be able to rehearse my lovely Vaginas cast, too.<\/p>\n
Isn’t technology wonderful?<\/p>\n
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