KC and Sunshine Band almost showed up .... but there were enough clouds though to confuse them, and I think they got lost. Sorry if you weren't around in the late 1970s ... you didn't miss too much.
Anyway .... I don't know how many times I've sat on a stupid boat, smelt the gas fumes, get a bumpy ride along the waves, let my stomach do somersaults over and over and over, get salt-water up my nose, and think .... What am I doing here ? ... Why am I doing this stupid charade yet AGAIN !!!! Don't I ever learn??? Apparently not.
Well actually, today was good. Very good in fact. The bus ride to the bottom tip of Koh Chang wasn't very good for the stomach, but the rest of the trip was pretty much thumbs up. The clouds were completely over Koh Chang, but luckily just south where we were heading, it was sunny and full of blue sky. Although every once in a while we would pass over a dark cloud and get poured on, but that was just twice.
We arrived at a couple of islands, Koh Rang, and Koh Wai, and had some very good snorkeling. Twice we stopped at a tiny rocky island in the middle of nowhere, and stopped to see the coral and fish. Some of the best soft coral I've seen in a long time. Lots and lots of fish, which was helped by people bringing lots of food with them. So, a few times hundreds of fish were around us, not caring we were in the way of the food. And believe it or not, the snorkel-mask didn't leak ... thank God ... although I had to swim with my man-made flippers, as they didn't have my size, and they charged extra for them anyway !! :o)
We stopped at a couple of beaches with to-die-for scenery. The greens, and light greens, dark greens combined with the blues to create some colours that brought me back to the 2010 trip when we visited Krabi in the south. The only difference was in Krabi, we had the limestone rocks everywhere, where here we didn't. It was almost as pretty as the days of snorkeling in El Nido in the Philippines, but not quite. Have to go back to the PPS JUST to double check. I'm probably right though ... (hate to admit it).
They feed us very well, twice, which was nice ... pineapple at every corner, rice, very spicy ground/grilled pork, then BBQ chicken, veggies and pineapple on satay sticks just as we were to head back. ... What made it even better was that the above mentioned absence of salt water in my mouth and nose made it taste even better. The little things make it sooooooo much better.
Usually in the low season, standards go down the toilet on tours like these, but not with this trip. We were lucky that way. A group of Aussies were in Koh Samet the other day, and weren't so fortunate. They made good company for the day.
Tomorrow .... Elephants .... born to ride and born not to be wild :o).
Only other thing to report is the sun burn was kept to a minimum, I think.
I'll find out tomorrow when I wake up. Things change the morning after, or so I recall.
Gotta go ... instant noodles buffet is back on the menu I think.
Anyway .... I don't know how many times I've sat on a stupid boat, smelt the gas fumes, get a bumpy ride along the waves, let my stomach do somersaults over and over and over, get salt-water up my nose, and think .... What am I doing here ? ... Why am I doing this stupid charade yet AGAIN !!!! Don't I ever learn??? Apparently not.
Well actually, today was good. Very good in fact. The bus ride to the bottom tip of Koh Chang wasn't very good for the stomach, but the rest of the trip was pretty much thumbs up. The clouds were completely over Koh Chang, but luckily just south where we were heading, it was sunny and full of blue sky. Although every once in a while we would pass over a dark cloud and get poured on, but that was just twice.
We arrived at a couple of islands, Koh Rang, and Koh Wai, and had some very good snorkeling. Twice we stopped at a tiny rocky island in the middle of nowhere, and stopped to see the coral and fish. Some of the best soft coral I've seen in a long time. Lots and lots of fish, which was helped by people bringing lots of food with them. So, a few times hundreds of fish were around us, not caring we were in the way of the food. And believe it or not, the snorkel-mask didn't leak ... thank God ... although I had to swim with my man-made flippers, as they didn't have my size, and they charged extra for them anyway !! :o)
We stopped at a couple of beaches with to-die-for scenery. The greens, and light greens, dark greens combined with the blues to create some colours that brought me back to the 2010 trip when we visited Krabi in the south. The only difference was in Krabi, we had the limestone rocks everywhere, where here we didn't. It was almost as pretty as the days of snorkeling in El Nido in the Philippines, but not quite. Have to go back to the PPS JUST to double check. I'm probably right though ... (hate to admit it).
They feed us very well, twice, which was nice ... pineapple at every corner, rice, very spicy ground/grilled pork, then BBQ chicken, veggies and pineapple on satay sticks just as we were to head back. ... What made it even better was that the above mentioned absence of salt water in my mouth and nose made it taste even better. The little things make it sooooooo much better.
Usually in the low season, standards go down the toilet on tours like these, but not with this trip. We were lucky that way. A group of Aussies were in Koh Samet the other day, and weren't so fortunate. They made good company for the day.
Tomorrow .... Elephants .... born to ride and born not to be wild :o).
Only other thing to report is the sun burn was kept to a minimum, I think.
I'll find out tomorrow when I wake up. Things change the morning after, or so I recall.
Gotta go ... instant noodles buffet is back on the menu I think.
"What am I doing here ? ... Why am I doing this stupid charade yet AGAIN !!!! Don't I ever learn??? Apparently not."
ReplyDeleteI love that question. I love it especially when you experience a moment weeks or months later into your trip that answers it.