First of all let me explain the journey. The night train from Chiang Mai was enjoyable. A 2nd class sleeper was nice enough. Had a good meal and drank Hong Thong (whiskey) and coke. Train arrived into Bangkok four hours late.
Next was a public bus to Victory Monument to catch a minibus to Trat. This was kind of painless but slow due to the traffic. Found the minibus stop and about an hour later were on the road to Trat. Driver was yet another wanker. So fast despite the heavy rain. Reached Trat and continued to the ferry terminal.
Missed the car ferry by seconds so had to wait for the next one. Took about half an hour to reach the island of Ko Chang from where we got a sangtheuw to Lonely Beach.
Total journey time: 26 hours. Time flies by.
Found a hut to stay in, went for dinner and slept pretty well. Woke up and couldn't find a beach, just rocks. Had lunch and generally did very little.
The second day we got up late and had lunch. Got back to our hut and had a shower. Mid way through the shower Claire mentioned an ant problem. Got out of shower and realised that the problem was more a crisis. Millions of ants had found our emergency toffee which we'd had for the whole trip. They were everywhere. Pants, socks,etc covered in the little fockers.
Claire was not feeling to good (conveniently) so antageddon was up to me. Took ages to rid the place of them and in the heat of battle I needed to have seven shower breaks to cool down.
Most of the day was lost so we just had some drinks, well actually a lot of drinks, and partied. Had a great night out and woke up feeling rough.
Finally found the beach and it was just brilliant to run into the sea again. The waves were pretty big and it was fun to get wiped out, catch breath and get wiped out again. It was a great beach and an even better sunset. Got a few mossie bites but Tiger balm saved the day. What a great substance Tiger balm is. Works miracles on bites.
It's our last evening here on Ko Chang as I write this (told you I was up to date) and I'm sat in a plush chair on a balcony listening to the waves crash and recede. We've been to the beach again and played in the waves. Had a nice dinner at a beach side restaurant and walked back in the dark narrowly avoiding some buffalos.
We moved lodgings today as Claire was a bit unwell. This new place is very nice. Right on the sea front and has a fridge. My Chang beer has remained cold all day.
Tomorrow we head to Bangkok for one night before flying to Melbourne late on the 24th July.
Ko Chang has been a pleasure. As with most of Thailand the people have been more than friendly, the quality of food has been good and the weather has remained great (too hot at times though). The accomodation is cheap and of decent standard. Lonely Beach is really cool. Shame it took us so long to find the actual beach! Glad we ended on an island as it's just brilliant to be here.
Next up, Bangkok, Ping Pong shows and dirty Ho's
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