ko Chang Island, Thailand

January 9, 2007 by zankbennett.

For EVER bus ride from Pattaya…

Made it to the bus station in Pattaya. The guy there points down the road and says to wait (somewhere) over there for the bus. Sure. Love to! Turns out the bus (only 4/day) was just about to leave. Sweet. Bus to truck to ferry to truck to hotel. Best accomodation yet in Thailand…and, of course, the cost scaled accordingly. Stayed at Saffron on the Sea. And it was awesome. Best food here in Thailand…by far. I have a couple recipes I was able to talk out of one of the cooks, Matt. I’ll post pics of the recipes: pad thai and papaya salad, two huge thai staples.

Days on Ko Chang were mellow. Scootered around the island. Kayaked. Took a 1/2 day snorkel trip to nearby Koh Wai island. It was poor to just barely fair. The island was beautiful, but the howling night winds killed the underwater visibility. This was the perfect excuse for me to spend the day nearly maiming myself jumping the pier railing into the shallow, fish-filled water.
It sure made for good pictures.

Last night got sick from the pork in the pad thai the night before…that’s four times on this trip. Fine today. It was just a small one…not the type that takes my legs from me for 3 days and hurts for the better part of seven!

Some of the island roads were crazy. During a trip CW and nearly around the island, went up some hills so steep that the front wheel of the (pink) scooter was just hovering over the rocks. It was a blast and surely a small-scale primer for the Vietnam trip to come.
Bought a Vietnam guide book and am preparing plans for that monster….

In Bangkok now.
Hanoi on 15th.
-Best, z

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