• Baan Ta Yaay Bungalows, Ko Samui, Day 4

    2018年1月20日, タイ ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

    Today started with every intention of trekking to one of the waterfalls that are relatively close to our hotel. After eating another breakfast of noodles on bread with semi-boiled eggs, we head into town to complete our first task of the day, getting a boat to Koh Phangan booked. This isn't as easy as it sounds as the prices vary so much from shop to shop, but we eventually find a cheap deal in a shop ran by a woman with an incredibly playful child. It turns out facial hair is something of amazement to a toddler, and my face gets rubbed more then it did during the massage!
    Boat booked, and it's time for the walk. At least it would be if it wasn't unbelievably hot. All the time we have been here the weather has been intermittent with rainstorms and thunder and lightning, and this in turn leads to extreme heat when the Sun does manage to come out. With the jungle trek in Khao Sok seared onto our memories (and a lovely beach a short walk away) we decide to leave the waterfalls. It's a decision that takes a very short time to make, and it doesn't take us much longer to make our way to the beach.
    We grab some very cheap but very tasty food in a restaurant just off the coast, and find some chairs which we can rent for 50 baht (just over a pound) for the day. To make sure it is money well spent, we spend a good few hours here. The incessant heat from the Sun has wavered to a much more comfortable point, and with the added breeze from the Sea, it is actually quite cool. We had read a lot of reviews of Chaweng beach when deciding where to stay on Samui, and it has a reputation for a party beach, but it is nothing of the sort. It is lovely and relaxing to sit and watch the jetskis trying to tackle the rougher then average waves. We don't dip in the sea as the shade from the umbrella above us and the clouds keep us cool enough anyway. As late afternoon comes by, we head back to the room to chill out for a bit.
    It is good luck that we left when we did, as the storm hits again, and we watch the downpour from our hotel room, safe in the knowledge we only have to head out to eat later.
    In a break from the torrential rain, we go to the place we ate the first night. As mentioned before, the food is amazing here. As we eat, the biggest downpour yet hits, causing the customers outside to charge to the safety of a sheltered table. It is actually really cool to watch the rain, and see how quickly it floods most of the roads and paths. The drops are huge and the sound is so loud that it almost drowns out the increasingly annoying vans trying to sell me things.
    We make it home in a short interlude of dryness, and get some rest, ready for our trip to continue onto Koh Phagnan tomorrow.
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