Ko Tao is a cozy little island (3×7 km or so), the first of the three islands in the Gulf of Thailand that will be our home for the next couple of weeks or so. We stayed for two nights at Freedom Beach on the south end of Ko Tao in a basic hut with Charlie the Cockroach, a few lizards and mosquitoes that were quite happy to have some fresh Nordic blood while I wrote the last post ;) Even though the hut could have been better everything else at Freedom beach was top-notch and the resort was obviously undergoing a major refurbishment like a lot of places around here. The most impressive at Freedom Beach were the beaches and the coral reefs. We rented us some snorkeling gear and snorkeled for a few hours in the crystal clear turquoise colored sea above beautiful corals and colorful fishes that we have only seen in home fish tanks before. It was absolutely fantastic and started just a few meters from the shore. We had never thought snorkeling could be so much fun!
Life is tough over here :)
After two days we wanted to rent a scooter and explore the island but made an impulse decision to jump on the boat and go to the next island instead and go on a scooter there. So we took the 1 hour boat to Ko Phangan.
Ko Phangan is a lot bigger island and is mostly famous for the huge Full Moon parties held here …every full moon. Up to 30.000 people come here on the full moon during the high season to drink, smoke, snort and dance the night away. They have stretched the full moon concept a bit so now there are full moon, black moon, blue moon and a few other parties going on so basically you can party no matter where the moon and the sun are positioned at that moment. This all happens on the south side of the island so all the oldies and the nerds head basically anywhere else and we went up the west coast to Hat Yao where we have just been enjoying life, exploring the North-West coast on a scooter, trying out a few hammocks and bathing in the sun.
Two things have bother us quite a bit since we came to the islands. Firstly we have hardly gotten hungry lately. It’s not that we are eating so much, it’s more that our appetite has diminished, which is a great shame because we both love to eat. Maybe it is the Beach God telling us that we need to shed a few pounds to walk his sandy beaches half-naked …who knows. I wouldn’t mind if that would be the case and he is helping us getting there.
Chocholate pancake with extra chocholate on top
The other thing that has bothered us greatly is that we haven’t been able to bling our selves up. Any descent backpacker that has been in Thailand more than a week has multiple layers of bracelets and necklaces made of leather, shells, coconuts, fish bones and what not around their necks, wrists and ankles. Somehow we have not been able to follow this trend but are anxious to make up for it and will keep you updated. The next steps in the backpacking transformation are dreadlocks and huge tattoos …we’ll start with the bracelets and necklaces and take it from there.
The ladies with the bling
The action on the ABT has been slow, only 2 games in the last 3 days. Örn won another Scrabble game after Elínborg made an incredible comeback and tried to steal the victory but couldn’t quite get there and Elínborg won a Ludo game, tieing the Ludo mini series, in an exciting Ludo mach on the beach of Hat Yao where nerves were extended and adrenaline ran high.
Exploding with tension over the Ludo game
I’m having problems uploading the pictures so I’ll update this post later and insert them so keep looking :)
Until next time….
– Ö r n and E l í n b o r g –
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Gaman að fylgjast með ævintýrunum ykkar, en soldið skrýtið samt þar sem ég hef aldrei séð Örn og ekki hitt Elínborgu í 4 ár eða svo! ;o) hehehe….
Bestu kveðjur til ykkar beggja, Fanney.
From the pancake with extra chocolate picture it doesn’t look like Elinborg lost her appetite! :)
This loss of appetite didn’t last long for her :)
Oh þetta virðist vera algjört ævintýri. Ég er strax farin að hlakka til að fá slide show kvöld og ferðasögu í maí. Farið vel með ykkur.
Er að kommentera við þær færslur sem mér fannst skemmtilegastar :-). Veik heima þannig að þetta er fullkomið verkefni fyrir mig.
Við Sibbi eigum það líka til að keppa í spilum. Síðast tókum við Ólsen ólsen mót og ég var svo ánægð með sigurinn að honum var postað á Facebook.
Go Elínborg!! hehe
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