After the cold weather started in Nepal we decided that it was time we had a beach holiday. We arrived In Thailand after a 7 hour delay in Kathmandu while Royal Nepalese Airlines trained there first pilot and bought a plane…. Don’t ever fly on a Nepalese plane… ever!
So we had 1 day in Bangkok and booked ourselves the bus down to the islands near the mainland. Ko Samet and Ko Chang. We had nowhere booked so it was a bit seat of the pants kind of thing. We arrived and headed to a place that the lonely plant guide told us was 300/400 baht (our budget was 400 = £8 a night) the cheap place turned out to be 800 baht per night, which blow us out the water. They told us there was cheaper place in the next bay to Danny revved the hamsters and ran round the headland. I sat and guarded the bags and had a beer.
Lucky for us, the next place wasn’t so posh and Danny got us a room with fan and a toilet for 400baht (£8). The place is a bit run down but they make the most amazing breakfast, we’ve been eating, toast with jam, fried eggs and bacon each morning all for £4. After the food in Nepal we’ve been in breakfast heaven!
The 2nd night what I thought was Danny fidgeting woke me up but on closer inspection next day we discover that we were sharing our bed with a critter (mouse). It was living inside the headboard, which had an open space behind it. So, we stared operation ‘mouse trap’ Danny got the broom from outside, with the broom ready we pulled back the bed so we could see the space, in the far corner I spotted a little twitchy nosey, Danny immediately swooped in a hit it with the broom, the mouse jumped valiantly to the floor running for cover under the bed. But Danny was too quick for him and blasted him with all bristles. The brave little fella ran for a chair but to no avail as Danny deftly remove the chair I open the door and the mouse was swept to freedom.
We were pretty happy with ourselves until later that evening we hear a rustling in the eves above us…. He was back!
It seems no matter where we eat in the bay the food is always amazing, if the Thais know how to do one things it make great food, although Danny has to have a large rice, which makes the girls serving us laugh as large rice here is for at least 4 people.
We have both reverted to 8 years olds, Danny a lot quicker than me as he was a child anyway… we have been snorkelling and playing with sea cucumbers (Danny calls them something else) we’ve been playing around in the sea on rubber rings, diving off the pier and even have taken a day out on a sea kayak, which was really great paddling down the coast of the island stopping at the little bays as we went.
We move next to the island Ko Chang and here we might do a little hiking…. Maybe J
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