Another day, another island

It was time to pack up our things and be on our way once again. We were being picked up at 9:30 to catch the ferry so we decided to have another breakfast like we did yesterday to keep us going. Luckily the town now has power so we were able to have baked beans yay! We sat eating breakfast to the sounds of the waves crashing and overlooking the beach one last time. The mini bus arrived and we made it to the ferry port an hour before our boat was due to arrive, I'm not sure why we needed so much time. Luckily we had our books to hand to pass the time. The ferry took less than an hour as it's a speed boat with only pedestrians on board so we arrived at Koh Phangan in no time. We have discovered that this island is where they hold the full moon party and when this isn't going on there isn't loads to do. However it is apparently raining on the other side of Thailand where we plan to head soon so we decided it's actually a good thing we're going there even if it's just to be beach bums for a while longer in the sunshine. We caught a jeep style taxi to take us with some others to hotels and resorts on the west side of the island. Our home for the next two nights is our own little bungalow building complete with a hammock on the porch. We have access to a huge pool and then to the beach through our hotel. They've tried to be modern and leave some walls as concrete but I'm not sure it's really having that effect. There's no wifi in the rooms so we're going back to having to talk to each other! It's actually quite nice switching off from the outside world once you're back at the room. We had the whole afternoon on our hands so we headed down to the beach to check it out. Our own restuarant is quite expensive but next doors isn't so we hang out there for the rest of the day until the sun set in front of us. They also had cute little rope swings coming down from the trees which I thoroughly enjoyed using. The sun set was stunning. We haven't seen one for a while as we've been inland or on the wrong side of the island so this was the cherry on top of a great afternoon. I've managed to finish my second book now and was able to swap this for another one from reception which was handy. Now it's back to the bungalow with a fresh pineapple juice while listening to all the amazing sounds of the insects that are coming to life as we speak.Read more