It is true after two weeks already we are now just the three Andrews which means that if we meet anyone else on the trip we are going to seem like the biggest losers on the island. Maybe we will all use fake names and see how that goes. I usually pick Oscar when I feel like lying to a girl at a party but maybe now I will go by Jose. Yeah that's good.
We were all a bit saddened today to have our good forth member, Chris, leave today. It was a great two weeks with him and now we are going to have to adjust to only three. Also, playing hearts is pretty much out of the question now. Well while Chris is still at the airport waiting to fly for about 30 hours, we three have just arrived in Ko Phangan. I believe now this is our 7th island on the trip so not too bad. Ko Samui was great fun and we did a lot of things and I suppose if you would like to hear about what we did, you can keep on reading.
We found a nice bungalow joint where we could relax and have free breakfast so that was great. Probably the best day we had was when we took a trip to Angthong National Marine Park. It was a day trip/adventure thing that turned out to be one of the most amazing things any of us have ever done.
The day started off by my loud wake up call at 6:45 am because we were getting picked up at something like 7:15. We thought we would be smart and get up a little early to catch the breakfast at the hotel and then get a second breakfast on the boat. It was like how hobbits eat. However, to our dismay the breakfast place didn't even open. In fact, nothing seemed to be open and when our bus to pick us up was running late we got pretty suspicious. We thought we all had gotten swindled and someone just took our money. Embarrassingly enough though our alarm clock man (ME) had his phone set on Malaysian time which was an hour earlier. So basically I had just woken us up at 5:45 am to sit around and play cards. Everyone was extremely pleased with me.
After a long sickening car ride to the boat we made it to the pier, jumped on the boat and were off. We didn't really know what to expect and considering the fact that our boat appeared to not have any pretty girls on it: we were a little frustrated. But man did we get put to shame. we arrived by cruising past several small, tree covered islands to a completely unspoiled beach. Then we all hopped onto some beat up canoes and went exploring. It was truely amazing because the ground was only about a foot under us and we had just enough clear blue Thai water to see everything below. after going through some caves and seeing several beautiful untouched white sand beaches we stopped for a small hike. We had no idea but after a ten minute climb through trees and rocks we found a secret lake hidden inside of the island. It was about the greatest thing I have ever seen. Mostly everyone has heard of the book/movie the Beach and it just so happened that we were standing ride in front of the secret lagoon that inspired the story. It was incredible, spiritual, and basically just totally kicked ass! (Don't worry, I gots lots and lots of pictures too.) After that we climbed back down and ate a quick but delicious lunch on the boat. Then we were taken to another island and given a million options of things we could do there. It seemed that almost everyone just went to the beach and laid out (because I guess you can't do that anywhere else....duh!) We chose to take another hike up to the island's caves. I figured it would be cool and maybe we could see a bat but nothing like what we eventually found. I mean just to get there we had to climb up with a guide rope attached from tree to tree. When we found the caves it was outrageous. The walls went up at least 100 and more feet with stalactites as long as 25 feet. We were like ants in this commanding cave and it really was humbling to be in something so immensely larger than us. We climbed around and goofed around and basically just had a good time. I think we are pretty good at that. When we climbed back down we were all happy to have gone but sooooooooooooo tired from sweating and climbing. The rest of our day was spent laying on the beach, attempting to snorkle on an unsnorkelable (I know it isn't a real word...whatever) beach, and played volleyball with the park rangers. For some people Thai people really love us, and with that I will quickly give the details of the rest of the night.
We were pretty much all in a state of ecstasy from our fantastic voyage of the day so we decided to have some beers on the boat ride back. We thought everyone would be in accord with us but we were the only ones so we turned it into a party boat. When we got home we showered and drank more beers and then went for some dinner. Our dinner was fresh salmon, shark, prawns and lots of sushi........oh yeah and more beer. From there we went to another bar and had one of those great conversations that really remind you why you wanted to take a trip like this. It was really fun. By then, as you might imagine, we were a bit buzzed and excited. We found our last big bar and went there. The end of the night was spent dancing and partying with the three beautiful Thai girls I met. Drew went and got pizza and more beer which suited him as well. It was a perfect day and night and all because of the good friends who got to enjoy it together. So that was just one day but a day I thought most might enjoy hearing about. I hope you, whoever you are, have enjoyed the tale and keep in touch for more. 14 days down and 15 more to go. Oh yeah!!!!
PS sorry if this is unedited but I only have limited time.
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