My scenario yesterday, around noon ; I was lying in the hammock of my bungalow, Long Beach Resort, Ko Chang (west coast). The beach just a stepping distance away, the soothing sound of the ocean rolling over was echoing somewhere in the distance of my mind as I read my chosen book and relaxed the morning away.I had already decided that I wanted an image of myself recling in the hammock with my sunnies on. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe I thought i'd look cool, maybe I just liked the way my sun glasses matched the hammack.
I was reading 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' by Hunter S. Thompson. An awesome book and film. Anyone who has read the book, watched the movie, or indeed are simply familiar with the content will know, as the cover itself indicates, that it is 'A savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.'
Around noon yesterday, on the beautiful island of Ko Chang, I was nearing the end of the book. My minded wandered and it suddenly struck me as odd that I was filling my minds eye with such bizarre imagery and events set in a time I did not know, when in the here and now I was surrounded by beauty and calm.
I had already been determined that today I would continue to update my own story but in that moment yesterday, there in the hammock, nearing the end of a disturbed tale, it became more imperative to recount some of the wonders I had thus far seen and experienced.
The glasses were not in anyway a reading aid. Just a gimmick to help paint the picture.
wonderful Dave
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