After the cold (but fun) times on Jeju we felt we needed some beach and sun, so we spent a day travelling to Bangkok. We arrived at our hostel at a lovely warm 2am but there was a mix up with our booking which meant we couldn't get into our room until 4:30. Simply enjoying the warmth we took a stroll to Koh San road to see the famous street in the middle of the night, we weren't too surprised by the drunk tourists and 'bar girls', had a good Pad Tai and a couple of beers before heading to bed (without any bar girls).
We were aiming for the beach but needed to sort some visas so had a day in Bangkok before going to Koh Samui and a couple of days doing nothing but relaxing in our wooden bungalow, lying on the beach, jumping the waves and eating green curries - heaven!
On our third day we fancied a bit more adventure so hired a beast of a scooter for a tour of the island. We parked the bike up by an Elephant treking centre and climbed a hill to a scenic waterfall, we had the whole place to ourselves and spent a couple of hours lying on the rocks in the sun, dangling our feet into the water to be nibbled by baby catfish (something you had to pay for in town). On leaving the falls, while traversing a particularly strong rapid disaster struck! Vicky's flip flop had come off and been washed away! to the sounds of the Indiana Jones theme tune which mysteriously sounded from somewhere I leapt from rock to rock, over gorges and rapids chasing the errant footwear. I tracked it down to nasty stretch where, I'm almost certain, crocodiles were hunting. With no thought for the danger I was in I leapt into the water and retrieved the flip flop to a thunderous applause from the crowd that had gathered.
After the events at the falls, we headed to a secluded beach to watch the sunset as we bathed in the calm waters, planning to reward ourselves the following day with a quiet day on the beach.
All I can say is "aaaaaah", as I roll over for some more suncream to be applied.
We were aiming for the beach but needed to sort some visas so had a day in Bangkok before going to Koh Samui and a couple of days doing nothing but relaxing in our wooden bungalow, lying on the beach, jumping the waves and eating green curries - heaven!
On our third day we fancied a bit more adventure so hired a beast of a scooter for a tour of the island. We parked the bike up by an Elephant treking centre and climbed a hill to a scenic waterfall, we had the whole place to ourselves and spent a couple of hours lying on the rocks in the sun, dangling our feet into the water to be nibbled by baby catfish (something you had to pay for in town). On leaving the falls, while traversing a particularly strong rapid disaster struck! Vicky's flip flop had come off and been washed away! to the sounds of the Indiana Jones theme tune which mysteriously sounded from somewhere I leapt from rock to rock, over gorges and rapids chasing the errant footwear. I tracked it down to nasty stretch where, I'm almost certain, crocodiles were hunting. With no thought for the danger I was in I leapt into the water and retrieved the flip flop to a thunderous applause from the crowd that had gathered.
After the events at the falls, we headed to a secluded beach to watch the sunset as we bathed in the calm waters, planning to reward ourselves the following day with a quiet day on the beach.
All I can say is "aaaaaah", as I roll over for some more suncream to be applied.
oh my god sounds like heaven xx
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Glen you are such a hero! If had not got the flip flop back you would have had to carry Vicky back or buy her more shoes!! Love mum x
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