Day...something...

Wellllllll sawadee everyone.

I just got back from Ko Tao a few hours ago. I am exhaustedd and have sooo much to tell. I may have to do this is portions because its an awful lot to write. Also, if you are also following my photos, I will post those later since I am not on my own computer right now.

Okayyy to start with I went with Elena (american) and Stienne and Svava (iceland) and Allie (Ecuador) to Bangkok on Thursday to spend the night and all day Friday there. We took a train which costs the equivelent of fifty cents and then took a taxi to Lub*D, apparently one of the nicest hostels in Bangkok (hot water, ac rooms AND internet), dropped our things off and set off to get dinner at the mall. There was this restaurant type thing called fifth avenue. They have all types of food from greek to arabic and thai to american. It was insane. You get a card and swipe it according to the food you get. This turned out to be a bit pricey but it wouldnt stop us from going there in the morning as well lol. It was pretty much a feast. We then took a cab to Ko Sahn road which is pretty much backpackers/shoppers heaven and walked around even though it was raining a little. I bought my first sack dress which I pretty much didnt take off all weekend. Then we took a cab back to the hostel and showered with warm water for the first and only time since Ive been here. It was glorious until I got out and realized the bathroom did not have AC and was dying trying to get dressed and do my makeup (for the first time since Ive been here.) Then we went back to Ko Sahn to check out the nightlife there...Ill spare you the details for now. We got back to the hostel late and slept in, went to breakfast, checked out of the hostel and headed to be tourists for the day even though it was pretty much a monsoon outside. We went to Chinatown where we bought much needed umbrellas and trekked through the ginormous puddles, stopping at shops along the way. The funny thing is that most of the things were sold only wholesale...for example: if you wanted to buy a pair of shoes you would have to buy a minimum of six pairs in the same size, style and color. RIDICULOUS. I did, however, buy 12 bracelets for souvenirs for friends or whoever lol. Next I took a tuk tuk back to Ko Sahn to wait for the german girls and Phoebe to arrive there so that we could set off on our way to Ko Tao...this is where things got a bit frustrating.

First of all it was pouring. I mean like a monsoon. I was standing on Ko Sahn for three hours waiting for the others to arrive. They were late arriving because traffic in Bangkok was so bad. When they finally did arrive they had separated from half of the group and apparently the phones were not working meaning we had no way to communicate. Somehow we managed to get a bus/boat to take us to Ko Tao at 8. As we were waiting til it was 8 we ordered some food. Not five minutes later a little boy...Im not kidding, I think he was twelve, walked over to us and told us he would escort us to where the bus would pick us up. Of course the restaurant freaked out but bagged up our food for us, we paid the bill and dashed out into the rain, following the 12 year old boy. Along the way we made several stops, each time picking up more people. A few times we lost sight of the little boy around corners or whatever and we would all pause for a minute til someone caught sight of him again. He led us down an alley way where there was a little tiny sidewalk (this is super hard to explain, I wish I had pics of it) to a Thai bar where Thai men were sitting drinking. It must have been strange to see a large group of white people standing in the middle of the bar waiting for a 12 year old. We finally arrived at the bus station where we were told to wait for over an hour, standing. It was miserable and still raining. We made the best of it however and met a new friend who would accompany us on the rest of our trip to Ko Tao. Conor is from England and is traveling alone through out Thailand and India.

moreeee later...