Ko Si Chang

Oops, it's been awhile. Last weekend, some girls and I went to the floating market in Bangkok for the day. We stayed in a hostel on Fri. night and literally slept in the most comfortable beds EVER. To fully describe how depressing this statement is, they were metal bunk beds. I went a bit crazy at the markets but finally found a mini tea set I wanted, and a 3 paneled picture of monks in front of a famous Buddha site. It was a good shopping weekend!

This past weekend, Sarah and I visited Ko Si Chang, a tiny island off the coast of Si Racha. It only took us about 2 hours to get there but it really is not a touristy place. This was good on one hand, and horrible on another. The island turned into a ghost town after about 8:30 so the night we got in, we had to ride motorcycles up these humongous hills and almost died about 3 separate times. Then it took us forever to find a place to eat since nothing was open. After killing 5 cockroaches in our room, we found a funny Thai show on TV and went to sleep early. On Saturday, we found out that we could no longer stay in that room. They kicked us out so Thai people could stay there so that was interesting. We taxied back to the center of town and ate at this fantastic restaurant called Pan and David's - they make real pancakes, real waffles, real homemade ice cream, and have REAL wine!!! Breakfast was great and then we went to a local healing house to get some massages. The Sichang Healing House is supposed to be one of the best since the manager trained to be a nurse and combines medical treatments with traditional massage. It was the best massage ever! and only $15! We found a new place to stay right by our favorite restaurant but far from the beach. It took us about 20 minutes to find the manager - literally no one on this island actually works in the building they own apparently. Seriously, ghost town. We went to the beach in the afternoon and relaxed except for the constant barrage of photos being taken of us and pointing. The beach was pretty full of litter and we were the only "freaks" in bathing suits since Thai people swim fully clothed. We had a great dinner at Pan and David's that night - Italian pasta and wine, yum! On Sunday, we hit the beach again for some sun but we were pretty much done with that island. While waiting in line for a ferry ticket, some guy people were shoving me out of the way and yelling "I'm Thai" soooo I didn't understand why that would allow them to get a ferry ticket first. While most people were helpful or nice, this was definitely not our favorite place to visit. Now I only have 3 weeks left until Sarah comes to visit me!! I'm giving exams this week to 2 classes and then I basically don't have to do anything at all, thankfully. This weekend is Sarah A.'s bday and we're heading to Cambodia Fri-Mon so I should have some cool pictures and interesting stories! Miss you all alot!