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Ko Phangan

In the morning we said farewells to our bungalow and met the taxi, which was of course late. Starting from the tickets everything was as confusing as possible in the harbour and we once again got stamped with the ridiculous stickers. In one way or another we found ourselves on a boat that was seemingly sailing to the right direction. This time the boat was packed with British nagging and crying tourists but what disturbed me more was the fucker who was "packing" our luggage. This hero thought that it's a good idea to help the packing by stomping on the backpacks. I felt like throwing the asshole to the sea. I guess the guy has no idea that each of those backpacks is worth more than his yearly salary.

In about an hour we arrived at Ko Phangan. The second biggest island on the eastern coast of Thailand. The locals were screaming wildly at us even before the boat touched the dock. Everyone wanted a piece of our wallets. Maybe it's better to have it this way because you can at least find a place to stay but it was getting on our nerves too. I think about ten taxi drivers offered us their services but soon we figured that it's the best to just rent a scooter again. With scooter you can drive around as much as you want and it's actually cheaper to rent one for a day instead of taking a taxi to your bungalow and back.

We found a nice bungalow for 300 bahts and I had to drive there two times because we couldn't fit the two of us on the scooter with our huge backpacks. The only small problem with the accommodation seemed to be the snake living behind the mirror in our bathroom. Yes, that's right, a motherfucking snake in the motherfucking bungalow. Someone should make a movie. Inna was once again the lucky one finding it but I had to deal with it. At the time I had absolutely no idea if it was poisonous or not so I didn't take any risks. Even though it was very small it was pretty strong. I forced it in a big bucket using a broom or something. With the bucket it was easy to take the sneaky bastard outside without hurting it. Later we found out that it wasn't poisonous and totally harmless to humans. After the snake episode we left our packs to the bungalow and drove back to the center to eat. We ate a typical Thai meal but this time we found dessert too. Too bad everything looked better than tasted. I even bought a sweet dessert made of rice!

With our stomachs full we continued driving around the island. Ko Phangan is a lot bigger than Ko Tao and the famous (or infamous?) fullmoon parties are held there. Luckily it wasn't the time for such parties and the island was basically empty. It was great to drive on the empty paved roads and enjoy the jungle views on either side. We even saw some elephants, but they weren't wild. One of the big plans for the day was to visit the waterfalls in the center of the island. It was a short walk from the road and I really had to laugh when I saw the fall: it didn't have any water in it, in the middle of the rainy season!

During the midday we hid from the burning sun in some shops and thought about buying souvenirs. We saw many interesting things but what really caught my attention at some point was the fact that I didn't have the key for our scooter! I must say that I was pretty damn fast when I ran back to the scooter to check if the key was in the ignition...YES! Huh, I wouldn't have wanted to explain the missing scooter to the owners.

Later in the evening we made some long term plans and bought flight tickets from Kuala Lumpur to Vientiane for 428 Malaysian ringits. When we came back from the Internet café I noticed that both of my USB drives were missing. Both of them have pretty important information on them, including my Internet banking credentials and the flight ticket we had just bought. Moving faster than light (to save time) I took our scooter and drove back to the Internet cafe, which was of course closed already. I checked the ground around the parking lot and the road on the way back but found nothing. I thought that someone had taken them when I remembered that before getting in I relaxed on the hammock for a while. And yes, you guessed it, there they were. The pockets of my travelling trousers aren't so great. A good day all in all! I only lost the key to our scooter and two usb disks!

Good night.

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