Ko Samet

We got up at 6:30, for our 8:00 minibus to Ko Samet. Courtney has a cold (or something), she's sneezing and sniffling, but feeling good other than that. I feel totally exhausted and weak today, don't know why.

A minibus came and picked us up at our guest house. The nice thing about SE Asia is you don't usually have to carry your backapcks too far, as the buses pick you up at your guest house most of the time! Nice.

The minibus driver was very strange. He kept fidgetting and making weird noises the whold 4 hour trip, and his legs were shaking the whole time. I thought he was tired, and was trying to stay awake, but his eyes weren't closing at all. Maybe he has "other" issues.

Once at Rayong, the minibus driver dropped us off, and we had to catch a boat to Ko Samet. Once at Ko Samet, we had to take a taxi-truck to Ao Phai beach and found a place for 500 baht, so we took it. Other places were all booked up. It's hot and hard carrying a backpack on a tropical island, so we didn't look too much, and took one of the first bungalows that we could. AFter moving in, we went to the beach for a while, and walked around and found some beach huts nearby for 250 baht. They didn't have any left for today (plus we had already payed for our 500/night room), so they told us to check back the next morning, and if they have something, we'll move.

The island doesn't have any power during the day, unless the resort you're staying at has a generator! We had no electricity in our bungalow until about 5:00PM.

The sand on the beach where we are is soo nice, it's whitewhitewhite, and very fine. Sooo nice!

We had supper and walked around a bit, watched a movie (and had dessert) at another place (movie was called Witchblade), then we came back to our hut and got ready to go out to the Half Moon Party that is happening tonight at a few of the bars/resorts. Some of the islands in Thailand have these "Full Moon Parties", whenever there's a full moon, and I guess some of the parties are huge, 5000-8000 people on a beach, partying all night long.

So, this island has Half Moon Parties. We went to Naga Bar, and we each bought a bucket. Mine consisted of vodka and Red Bull, Court had what's called a Sangstrom bucket, which is rum and Coke and Red Bull. I signed up to play pool, and when it was finally my turn, more than an hour later, I won my first game, so got to keep the table, then lost. Those buckets have a lot of alcohol in them, and I couldn't see straight anymore. I had to go walking around for a couple of hours for the booze to wear off. We finally got back to our place about 3:30AM.

Court actually met a guy that she had met while she was in Jordan at the party! What are the freakin' odds, eh??????

Fun was had by all.