Loving island life

Today was our only full day on Koh Phangan and having discovered there isn't much to do on the island we decided to have a beach day. We enjoyed a great lie in and while Nick did yoga I chilled out on our hammock in my pj's without a care in the world. We got ready and headed to the beach for some brunch. One benefit to this island being very tourist aimed is beans on toast, something so simple but something I do miss from home so it was brilliant having that for breakfast. We headed down the beautiful beach after and rented a kayak for £2.20 for an hours use. We lasted 20 minutes on the sea! The sea was quite rough and the waves amplified by the shallow rocks below so it we were quite worried about tipping over especially as the waves began to crash over the kayak. We decided to head back to shore and swim instead. The shoreline has a few metres of sand and then it turns into a reef with many rocks and plants around. We put on our goggles and explored the wonders of this seabed. It was crazy seeing people up the beach just walking through the water when we could see the many rocks, sea urchins and sea cucumbers that were on the bed below their feet. The first section of reef has been badly damaged, probably from people walking on it but there still is a surprising amount of life there. So many sea cucumbers! We ventured beyond this point as well which we both found unnerving at first but relaxed into it after a few tries. There's always that worry that something is out there just beyond your vision. We spent all afternoon in the water before heading to get a juice at one of the beach side restuarants. The wind really picked up unfortunately knocking my drink over so we headed inside for shelter and had some food there as well. We'd been trying to arrange a ferry for tomorrow all day but the receptionist couldn't get hold of anyone so we were looking into accommodation without knowing if we were able to get to the next island or not. In the end we headed back again to see if she'd had success and she did get through but the time we'd asked for had sold out. Unfortunately we're getting a much early ferry for a higher price but at least we are on our way. We have no wifi in our bungalow so headed back to get a drink and use the wifi to book some accommodation. On route Nick befriended a cat who proceeded to chase after us and follow us half way to the beach. I think he's missing our cats back home! We enjoyed two milkshakes on the beach front while the sun set and we sorted out where we're staying on Koh Tao.Read more