Sorry
Ok, I've noticed a general trend...
1. Get somewhere
2. Complain about it
3. Reminisce about the place I last was
4. Get over it and eventually end up having a good time
5. End up being sad when leaving
6. Get on a plane
7. Repeat
Koh Pha Ngan isn't as bad as I made it out to be. I'm a lot happier right now than I was when I wrote that last entry.
Yes, I've been hit on by Israeli guys in Speedos with lines like, "You look like you're looking for something. I think you're looking for me." But it's all part of "experiencing" Koh Pha Ngan.
I think what helped was leaving for the day. Danny decided he wanted out and he went to a hostel in the north part of the island. The taxi (pick up truck) ride was about an hour and it was really beautiful. The pathetic part of the island is really only the street I'm sitting on right now. The rest of it really is a beautiful island, with crazy banana trees, white sand, clear water, nice Thai people who have regular Thai lives.
Danny found a really cool place on this really tiny island off of the island we're on. It's called Koh Ma if you want to look it up. To get to it you walk across a sandbar. I think they have a boat if you really need it, but most of the time (weather/tide depending) you can just walk to it! That's what we did. When we got there it reminded me a lot of the elephant park but with white sand and clear water instead of elephants. It was a small group of people in a beautiful and peaceful place just chillin on hammocks and enjoying the surroundings. There are SOOOO many people around Haad Rin (madness village I'm in right now) that it's actually kind of hard to meet people cause it can just feel too overwhelming. But at this new place there are like at most 15 people on the island (only one place to stay - Danny's place) and everyone was kind of hanging around the food/reception/tv area.
It made me really happy that Danny is going to be there for a couple days. I really like watching drunk people dance to techno music, which Haad Rin happens to be perfect for. Danny wanted someplace where he could read science fiction, snorkel and relax by the beach (with as few Israelis in Speedos as possible). And now he's totally there. And he'll come back to Haad Rin for New Year's Eve. And then on the 1st I'll go back with him to and stay there for a couple days before he leaves for Hong Kong.
Also, on the way back to Haad Rin I was in a pick up with a group of Australian/English/Polish people. They were just arriving and were asking me tons of questions. I instantly turned into Tour Guide Beth. It was kind of cool. The picks up aren't allowed in "downtown" Haad Rin so he drops us off in what looked like the middle of nowhere. Luckily, after getting in a minor fight with Danny about the fan in our room I had gone on an adventure and had ended up in that middle of nowhere place and knew exactly how to get to town! They were all very appreciative because the pick up driver just kept saying, "One minute walk! One minute walk!" but with no directions and 6 roads to choose from.
So knowing that my days here are numbered got me excited to actually do stuff. First, I'm going to try the boat trip again with the bungalows I'm staying in. The guy who works here/runs the boat trip helped me out with changing my room so I said I would go with him. So no Snoop Dogg, but I'm ok with that. Danny will meet up with me then too cause the place the boat trips go to snorkel is Danny's little island! Very cool. Am I spelling snorkel right?
Then also there's a Yoga place that I finally located this morning. So I think that'll be my goal tomorrow. As long as I'm not sitting on the beach all day I think I'll be fine. I realized it's just the day time that was bothering me. The night time's fun. Last night Danny and I went to "Rock Night!" at one of the bars and there was a DJ wearing a Sex Pistols shirt and playing The Killers, The Strokes, The Clash, The Ramones, Green Day, The Pixies, Muse, The White Stripes and The Libertines. And then again. Not much variety for an entire night, but it was fun anyway. I met a couple from England who LOVE The Cat Empire which was cool because today in the pick up truck the two guys, from Melbourne (hometown of TCE), had never heard of them. But then I found out the only bands they like are "Creed and Green Day" If they like Creed I decided it was probably best they don't know/like The Cat Empire.
The computers here seems to be a bit smarter than the ones in Chiang Mai and won't let me download my flickr uploading software so that's why I haven't been able to update Flickr but soon! Soon!!!
Last things...
1. this is really cute - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KENYA_ODD_COUPLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-12-28-14-19-12
2. More cool pictures from Elephant Nature Park
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/baby-elephant-walk.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/kitties.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/puppies.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/dog-days.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/elephant-days.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/baaaaaabies.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/baby-elephant-walk.html
3. Gerry and Isabel's Blog with some really big/cool pictures from ENP
http://tblogs.bootsnall.com/gerry/
1. Get somewhere
2. Complain about it
3. Reminisce about the place I last was
4. Get over it and eventually end up having a good time
5. End up being sad when leaving
6. Get on a plane
7. Repeat
Koh Pha Ngan isn't as bad as I made it out to be. I'm a lot happier right now than I was when I wrote that last entry.
Yes, I've been hit on by Israeli guys in Speedos with lines like, "You look like you're looking for something. I think you're looking for me." But it's all part of "experiencing" Koh Pha Ngan.
I think what helped was leaving for the day. Danny decided he wanted out and he went to a hostel in the north part of the island. The taxi (pick up truck) ride was about an hour and it was really beautiful. The pathetic part of the island is really only the street I'm sitting on right now. The rest of it really is a beautiful island, with crazy banana trees, white sand, clear water, nice Thai people who have regular Thai lives.
Danny found a really cool place on this really tiny island off of the island we're on. It's called Koh Ma if you want to look it up. To get to it you walk across a sandbar. I think they have a boat if you really need it, but most of the time (weather/tide depending) you can just walk to it! That's what we did. When we got there it reminded me a lot of the elephant park but with white sand and clear water instead of elephants. It was a small group of people in a beautiful and peaceful place just chillin on hammocks and enjoying the surroundings. There are SOOOO many people around Haad Rin (madness village I'm in right now) that it's actually kind of hard to meet people cause it can just feel too overwhelming. But at this new place there are like at most 15 people on the island (only one place to stay - Danny's place) and everyone was kind of hanging around the food/reception/tv area.
It made me really happy that Danny is going to be there for a couple days. I really like watching drunk people dance to techno music, which Haad Rin happens to be perfect for. Danny wanted someplace where he could read science fiction, snorkel and relax by the beach (with as few Israelis in Speedos as possible). And now he's totally there. And he'll come back to Haad Rin for New Year's Eve. And then on the 1st I'll go back with him to and stay there for a couple days before he leaves for Hong Kong.
Also, on the way back to Haad Rin I was in a pick up with a group of Australian/English/Polish people. They were just arriving and were asking me tons of questions. I instantly turned into Tour Guide Beth. It was kind of cool. The picks up aren't allowed in "downtown" Haad Rin so he drops us off in what looked like the middle of nowhere. Luckily, after getting in a minor fight with Danny about the fan in our room I had gone on an adventure and had ended up in that middle of nowhere place and knew exactly how to get to town! They were all very appreciative because the pick up driver just kept saying, "One minute walk! One minute walk!" but with no directions and 6 roads to choose from.
So knowing that my days here are numbered got me excited to actually do stuff. First, I'm going to try the boat trip again with the bungalows I'm staying in. The guy who works here/runs the boat trip helped me out with changing my room so I said I would go with him. So no Snoop Dogg, but I'm ok with that. Danny will meet up with me then too cause the place the boat trips go to snorkel is Danny's little island! Very cool. Am I spelling snorkel right?
Then also there's a Yoga place that I finally located this morning. So I think that'll be my goal tomorrow. As long as I'm not sitting on the beach all day I think I'll be fine. I realized it's just the day time that was bothering me. The night time's fun. Last night Danny and I went to "Rock Night!" at one of the bars and there was a DJ wearing a Sex Pistols shirt and playing The Killers, The Strokes, The Clash, The Ramones, Green Day, The Pixies, Muse, The White Stripes and The Libertines. And then again. Not much variety for an entire night, but it was fun anyway. I met a couple from England who LOVE The Cat Empire which was cool because today in the pick up truck the two guys, from Melbourne (hometown of TCE), had never heard of them. But then I found out the only bands they like are "Creed and Green Day" If they like Creed I decided it was probably best they don't know/like The Cat Empire.
The computers here seems to be a bit smarter than the ones in Chiang Mai and won't let me download my flickr uploading software so that's why I haven't been able to update Flickr but soon! Soon!!!
Last things...
1. this is really cute - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KENYA_ODD_COUPLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-12-28-14-19-12
2. More cool pictures from Elephant Nature Park
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/baby-elephant-walk.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/kitties.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/puppies.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/dog-days.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/elephant-days.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/baaaaaabies.html
http://mikerace.blogspot.com/2005/12/baby-elephant-walk.html
3. Gerry and Isabel's Blog with some really big/cool pictures from ENP
http://tblogs.bootsnall.com/gerry/
posted by beth at 11:01 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Beth,
I view you as very open to new experiences and quite adaptable.
The pictures are wonderful. Thanks for including all the dog pictures. I am learning so much about places I only knew as areas on a map.
Interesting that the Ireali pick up line is kind of international. It is a small world after all.
Take care-be safe and happy
Love,
barbara
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