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Its been quite a while since the last blog but I'll try keep it short and sweet!
Koh Samui (the last place I was when I updated this really really interesting blog!) was pretty cool. Not much to do apart from chill out on the beach and check out the waterfalls which we did in one day! It was cool having a hut on the beach with a fridge to keep the beers cold so I guess thats why we stuck around for a few days!! Or it might have been more of the sleeping in and missing the boat thing twice!! It could have been worse, I could have been late for work... sorry all you hard workers!!
Anyway we left Koh Samui and took the boat to Koh Pang-nan as there was a half moon party in a few days. The first place we went to sucked ass and the beach was sooooo minging so we moved places the next morning to the other side of the island! This was much better and the place we stayed at (Coral bungalows) even had a pool!! We found a really nice beach just round the corner that finally looked like the pictures used by the tour guide dudes that try to lure you in to there hotels as soon as you get off the boat!! White sand and clean water! The sunsets here were unbelievable!!
That evening there was a pool party where we were staying so we had a few drinks , messed around in the pool and then went back to the beach where there was a massive party. After a few more beer,s the bar on the beach started the fun and games including a giant skipping rope on fire... did that and got burnt on the arm cos of some lame ass English girl that couldn't jump higher than 2cm (stop eating pies!!). Don't want to be nasty but it just hurt!! Don't want to talk about it!! Then, after another bucket (filled with whiskey, redbull and coke) they got out the ring of fire so I dived (or is it dove??) through that and landed on my head... I'm guessing it was the redbull that went to my head!!
The next couple of days we just chilled out on the beach and went jumping of the rocks which was good fun. Saw loads of sea snakes and Daniel stood on a spikey fish and got spiked by its really spikey things... glad it wasn't me!!
The next place we went to was Koh Toa which is the most famous (or cheapest) place to go scuba diving. Its full of dudes and dudettes walking round in flippers and masks!! We managed to find a place by the beach aftre a couple of hours looking round!! The whole of Thailand was one big water fight that day as it was the Thai New Year so we got soaked as soon as we left our place on Koh Pang-nan by people throwing buckets of water in the back of the taxi every time we slowed down!!
The next day we went scuba diving which is one of the things I really wanted to do whilst in Thailand! That was awesome and I got some cool underwater photos. Daniel got tagged again by one of those spikey fish!! This time in the hand!! Ahh the things he does just to get a laugh!! The coolest was swimming through a cave about 12m down!! There were so many people diving which was a shame but it was an amazing experience and I'll definately do more in Australia. Then we spent the afternoon jumping and diving off the top of the boat which was cool!!
We left the next day and took the boat and bus to Bangkok. We arrived this morning at 4am and checked into a hotel whcih has aircon, a tv and a fridge. Feels like 5star luxury after some of the other holes we've stayed at!! I'm not sure how long I'll stay here for as my flight to Oz leaves in a few days but I wanted to check out Chaing Mai to go ride some Elephants through the jungle! HOWEVER, the surf in Oz is calling and I think I'm ready to move on now... only so much Thailand wierdness I can take!!
I'll update the blog with some Bangkok stories and photos before I leave anyway!!
Miss everyone sooooooo much, keep the messages coming!!
Love you long time!!!
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