same, same but different

That's what the Thai are saying most of the time... Ko Phagnan is of course a different island, but still the same kind of holiday. It's a holiday from a holiday from a holiday as Taylor says.

Just a small update on this weblog, not too long, as I prefer to spend my last days in Thailand with Taylor instead of in the internetcafe. But as I understood that I have some special guest readers, I thougt to just leave a small note.

Three days ago we arrived from Ko Tao and headed for Bottle Beach. To get there you first catch a taxi and then a boat. Unfortunately due to the hugh waves and hard wind there were no boats for already 3 days, so we sponsered the taxi drivers big time as they should have known this.
But as always, we were lucky, there was a pick-up truck going to Bottle Beach, so we could join them. We arrived at Bottle Beach, a lovely small beach with nothing more than 3 guesthouses, 3 restaurants (belonging to the guesthouses), 2 beachvolley ball fields and one small shop (according to the sign on it's roof). We got a fantastic bungalow straight on the beach and we spent most of our time just sitting outside on our veranda, watching the waves, the sea and the little crabs running around. We just left our veranda for walking around, eating fish from the BBQ (I ate the cheek and it was lovely! I was not ready for the fisheye yet...), watching the big fire on the beach and for playing with hermit crabs.

Although it sounds like paradise we decided to leave the next morning, because the weather got even more stormy. And with my coughing it was not a good idea to stay. So we moved to Baan Tai, the other side of the island, where the weather is much better. Baan Thai is lovely. The beaches are great, it is quiet, very low key, many locals living over here, so we enjoyed the food on the streets already! Sticky rice with banana in banana leaves, spicy mango-papaya salad and the delicious rambutan fruit.
Yesterday during daytime we spent some time in Haad Rin, packed with people for the full moon party this friday, and the eve we spent on the beach with some beers, cheese, toasts, fruits and sandwichspread.

For today it is just going to be me and Taylor on the deserted beaches over here, no other plans. Tomorrow we're heading for Ko Samui, planning to celebrate my birthday over there as on Friday-Saturday night I'll have to leave for Amsterdam.... :-(
End of my trip. I don't want to think about it yet because I wish I could spend more time with Taylor. On the other hand, I'm already so happy with this short trip that I made, otherwhise I would have never met my soulmate...

See you guys next week in Holland on my birhday party! Big filakia and besos!