Hi,
I'm coming to you live from Koh Samet. We've been here for a day and a half and it's been wonderful so far. The air is clean, the water is warm, and the sand is almost as fine as flour.
The 'Old School Friday' song was "Crazy" by Patsy Cline. Now it's time for 'Easy Monday'. "I once had a girl or should I say, she once had me. She showed me her room isn't it good __ __?" Hint: This should be easy. If the four guys who sang this had been from Thailand they probably would have sung about Teak.
Sunday morning we were up at 5:30. After our usual morning routine we finished packing. While I was loading the luggage into the car Daku knew we were leaving and tried to get in the car. I'm sure he'd love it here. We drove ourselves to the airport and left the car there. It's only about $3.30 per day and since we had to be there so early, it made sense. Our flight to Bangkok was smooth and uneventful.
At Suvarnabhumi airport we were met by a woman from the transport service we hired to take us to Ban Phe. She had an iPad that had our name on the screen in large letters. Another use for the tablet. We had ordered a Carolla, but the driver arrived in a Camry. Nice upgrade without asking. The woman who drove us got us to the dock in Ban Phe right on time. We decided to take the 30 minute speedboat to the island instead of the 1 hour ferry. We were the only passengers as we bounced across the water. When we got to the island the driver backed the boat into shore and we had to take off our shoes, roll up our pants and wade onto the beach. That was after he took our luggage and walked it to the beach, and left it in the sand.
At the hotel office we were greeted by the National Park Ranger who wanted to collect the fee for visiting the park. The Island is, you guessed it, a National Park. When he asked me where I lived and I told him, we got the Thai rate.
We're staying at Vongdeuan Resort (Wongduwan). The place is unique in that the rooms are not connected, but separate structures, so you have the feeling that you're in your own little house. We're in The Cottage section. We're surrounded by tall trees and lush bushes. At night it's very quiet and even during the day it's pretty calm. We can hear the sound of motor boats from time to time but not any 'city sounds'. After we got settled we explored a little. The resort has a restaurant that's connected to a coffee shop/bar.
While we were eating a late lunch (almost 3pm) I went to the outdoor bar next to the restaurant to see if they might be showing the F1 race. The race had just started so we moved over there and watched until the rain slowed the race. We left and walked up the beach checking things out. Later we returned and watched the end of the race. Later in the evening, there was a fire show in front of another resort. There were three guys twirling poles with flames on each end. All we could see from a distance was fire spinning around. It was very dramatic.
Tomorrow I'll tell you about our Monday adventures on Koh Samet. We had quite a day.
Have a Great Week,
Peace,
Danny
"Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting."
~Karl Wallenda
~Karl Wallenda
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