So I flew from Bangkok to Ko Sumai, missed the ferry and stayed on a shitty beach on Ko Sumai, with cockroaches and insects, but it didn't matter I was 5 minutes from the pier. We left at 8 am the next day, boarded a high speed catamaran and we on our way to Ko Toa. After meeting yet another guy from Seattle that looks exactly like a figment of my past, who talked incessantly on the ferry, we arrived. A quick taxi to a recommended resort from a friend (thanks Kerri!), we arrived at our hotel, check-in and in our bathing suits by 10 am. Kenn.. there is no way, any normal person can walk that far with two bags on their back in plus 40 heat.. screw the overprized taxi.. I'll pay it!
A friend Brad is here in Thailand as well, so I knocked on his door at 11:30 am in the morning.. waking him up from an all nighter bday party he had the night before.. so we agreed to meet later that night. I was sceptical he would remember where I was staying, but sure enough around 6 pm, he came up to my pool and said hello.. it's a small island.. and really it can't be that hard to find someone you know!
So Natalie went back to our beach, laid there, moved from beach to water, moved back to beach, moved from beach to lounger, from lounger to chair under tree, from tree to pool. Lovely. I went for a thai massage on the beach at one time.. and loved every minute of it... all I heard was the waves crashing against the shore.. and "do you wanna a massa..." in the background.. I am relaxed. Above is a pic of my leper skin.. yes.. I keep moulting.. the darn salt water is shedding me alive.. I wonder how much skin I will have left... I look like a have a disease.. not sexy tan at all.. no.. not for this whitey.
On the beach these people come along and ask if you want some corn on the cob or a pineapple.. I chose the pineapple.. and let's just say that was the best pineapple on a stick I have ever ate.. they cut it in the coolest way that I will try at home instead of the massacre I do to my pineapples when I buy them...
In the evening, we met up with Brad and some of his friends at this great restaurant called AC 2, not to be confused with AC 1 as I had.. anyhoo. you lounge on seats, the ocean comes right up to the deck and we chilled for 5 hours.. it was great.
Today, Natalie and I went snorkeling, and I burnt my ass. Yes. the ass is now as burned as the front.. I even put sunblock on... but apparently wasn't enough. Snorkeling was fantastic.. I had a minor set back in the beginning as I couldn't figure out how to breathe calmly through my mouth and apparently had the top of the snorkel in the water for a while.. but I figured it out.. (stop laughing.. I have never snorkeled before!), but as I am a fish in water.. as I love to swim this was so perfect.... lots of people had life jackets on but I couldn't figure why as you don't expend any energy as the salt water just holds you up..I swam for hours.. just bobbing along seeing rainbow fish, tourquoise fish, schools, and lots of coral.. the coral seemed dead to me.. but Brad said you when you scuba and get closer you see more of the life on the corals than you do from snorkeling.. either way it was a great experience.
The pics above are just a few shots from the last day or so.. the pic of me eating is for the Thai potluck guests.. yes.. that is a crepe with nutella, banana, and icing sugar.. aka.. heaven on a plate...
And Sarah.. Ko Toa is a close second to Heaven at Christmas.. nothing can surpass an eggnog chai.. fo' shizzle! :)
Tomorrow I plan on sticking to the shade and chilling by the pool, in the evening meeting up with Brad again for some dindin.. and then the next day we travel back to Ko Sumai to catch the plane to Bangkok.. tomorrow is the first official day with no early get ups or tours... we plan on having a lie-in.. no alarm clock for the 1st time in 28 days... yeah!
I miss my niece so much.. I can't wait to see her this weekend! She's going to have grown so much.. and according to an email.. has become quite the terror ... hiding dad's cell phone clips.. teeehehehe...
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