Today was worthless. We woke up around 8:30 and went to go rent a bike only to find there were none left. So we rented masks and snorkels and went for breakfast at the only place there is. After this we headed out to sea to find a place to snorkel and ended up walking down the length of our beach and then through the water to another hidden one. Before getting to the second beach we stopped and put our shoes and bag on top of some rocks and when we got back they were all over the place! After picking up all of our stuff we headed to the beach and found piles and piles of trash! There were sandals, cages, buoys, glass bottles, etc...you name it and it was there. We tried to ... read more

Today we didn't do much besides buy our tickets to get to Krabi and relax on the beach. We have to get up early tomorrow (6 am pick up at a resort next to ours – the road to Leela is too treacherous for the taxis…) so we wanted to have an easy day. For dinner we went with Camila and Felipe to the town area and ate at one of the local places for much cheaper than the big restaurants. While we were eating another Chilean couple came in – random! A funny story from last night was that Camila and Felipe and the others got caught without writstbands and the guards or cops (we're not sure what their authority really was) came over so they started running away! Haha...well, one of them grabbed Felipe ... read more

Around 9:30 we were at the second dock waiting for our boat and saw the same rude lady from our bus going there! She works for the company…now we know she definitely didn't buy those two seats, they were given to her for working there! She tried to herd all the people waiting into this tiny area on the side and we decided not to follow her instructions because they were irrelevant. So we waited and the boat from the mainland came around 10 and we all boarded ad were off about twenty minutes later. This time the water wasn’t so rough so most people were fine and I think only one got sick. Two hours later we arrived at the port in Koh Pha Ngan and headed for a big office we saw bearing the ... read more

Boy are we glad to be getting out of Bangkok. First order of business was checking out at 11:30. After that we left our bags at the travel office before heading to the hair salon. We had a few hours until 15:30 when the palace was supposed to open, so I got a falafel on the street and Ronald got a baguette with butter and jam from The Macaroni Club and we headed off. We were at that salon for three whole hours and they had to dye it two times because the first time it turned out blue with yellow underneath and so this time it is now a sort of greenish blue. He paid half and we left to go to the Grand Palace. We started walking and a few minutes later were told ... read more

There were a few stops during the trip where the driver or another worker would get out to buy something for themselves and some where we stopped at small bus terminals or on the side of the road to drop off/pick up people. Other than that, the journey was pretty smooth and we made pretty good time I think, and were at the Bangkok bus terminal a little after 6 am. I didn’t look at my watch so I don’t know how long it took to get to Khao San Road (the “backpacker area”), but I do know that it was over 30 minutes. Ronald and I shared a tuk tuk with an Italian girl for 50 baht each and when I looked at my watch at 6:50, we were about halfway through our ride because ... read more