Ban Si Ra Ya

8 a.m. - I got breakfast like every morning. I loved that because everyone in the hostel comes together and conversations start automatically.

10 a.m. - Emma, Lucy and I wanted to go to the animal shelter. The provide tours two times a day. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. When we arrived they told us that both are fully booked out. We already wanted to leave and I asked them for the toilet. Afterwards I somehow managed to negotiate that we can join the morning tour. I didn’t even say a lot. Anyways we could join and everyone was happy. The problem that almost most of the islands have is that there is an absolut overpopulation for cats and dogs. Because the don’t sterilize there pets. For example 1 cat can get up to 60 kitties a year. It’s insane what numbers you get when you continue the triangle down. Furthermore the have problems with diseases and a lot of cases where animals got hurt by people. Their goal is it to sterilize and vaccinate the animals to get the population and disease’s under control. Furthermore they save animals with injuries and help them to recover. They have the possibility for X-Rays, surgeries and chemotherapy. Afterwards they want to find a new family for them. They finance it with the animal shelter tours and the cooking class which is connected to the animal shelter. It was shocking to see and hear all this stuff but also interesting at the same time. Moreover I could imagine to volunteer for some months for that type of organization.

12 p.m. - In the afternoon I made my way to the other side of the island. Made a stop halfway for a coffee on top of the hill. Afterwards I went to the old town. Not much to see there except of the shopping road where you could by a lot of souvenirs. But there was a really cool hammock store. I love hammock’s by the way.

2:30 p.m. - Later I went further south were I explored some fisher villages. I ended up at Pirate Beach nothing crazy but there were some guys how had a problem with their scooter. They weren’t able to start it so I tried it with kick starting and it worked first time. It was really funny because they were so thankful and I just used my brain a bit.

4 p.m. - Later that afternoon I hooked up with Emma for kayaking. To be honest the kayak and the paddle’s were trash. So my hole clothes got wet. Furthermore it was exhausting because we went really far. Anyways we had good conversations and a fun time.

6 p.m. - We returned and chilled a bit.

8 p.m. - Later we seared a good restaurant for dinner and I ended up with a fish BBQ. It was really good but a bit more expensive. Worth it anyways.

P.S.: I don’t drink a lot but I spend a lot of money for foodRead more