Bad-ass Vacation

Anyway. So here I am traveling around Thailand by myself and Scuba diving and I have one day left of beautiful vacation. Since I was flying back to Chiang Mai I couldn't dive the last day of my vacation so I decided to explore the island. There isn't a better way to explore an island than riding a motor bike, so I head down to the motor bike shop. After chatting with the owners for a bit in Thai I rent my bike and head out. A little shaky at first--but eventually the motorcycle skills come back to me and I start popping up and down the steep limestone hills of Koa Tao. I am crusing along feeling like a bad ass mix of James Bond and Brad Pit on my quick motor-dirt-bike. So I am crusing down this one road and this smaller motor bike comes rushing up behind me, gives me a honk and swiftly glides past me. Ok so I am getting passed by a local on a motor bike--not the worst ego trip. Then I look, and it's an older woman flying past me on a motor bike--and she has three children riding with her. Ok so maybe I am not the fastest motorcyclist, but she totally didn't look as badass as I did. I just pretended she didn't pass me and I kept singing rock and roll songs in my head.