Koh Chang was fun. We did leave at 3am from Ban Bung. The Thais drank until then and Brad and I went to sleep at our respective houses. We rented some van for all of us to get there and back.
On Sunday I pushed the issue of figuring out when we were going to leave. There is a lot of group-think with the Thais. One of the guys figured he had to get back on Sunday or he would lose his job and I was worried that the idea that we should all go back a day early would be pushed. (A drunken Tam mourned the loss of his friends). Anyway a reasonable plan was put into place. We were going to leave Lonely Beach to make it to the ferry at 3:15. At 3:15 we were still missing 3 people. Then Pod mentioned that he had the number of a taxi but that it would take a half an hour for it to get there. Brad and I were very on edge because we were obviously on our way to missing the ferry (making the van driver wait another hour for us). Brad said that the Thais have no concept of time. I think it might have to do with the Thais having no responsibility in their lives. You might see it as a Buddhist-eastern zen thing. We did make the 5pm ferry.
Also, on Sunday night me and the 3 girls (it was actually Brad, I, the Thais and a Chinese couple who spoke english and not Thai) played Jenga. When you made the tower fall you had to take a shot of beer. This was a big deal because none of the other girls drank. I was drinking many beers during this but didn't have to deal with the shot-of-beer punishment because I'm a Jenga master.
I also had my first and second Thai massage. On the beach. $6CDN for an hour.
The weather was really crap the whole time. I kind of liked it in the same way that I like the rain and mist in England.
On Sunday I pushed the issue of figuring out when we were going to leave. There is a lot of group-think with the Thais. One of the guys figured he had to get back on Sunday or he would lose his job and I was worried that the idea that we should all go back a day early would be pushed. (A drunken Tam mourned the loss of his friends). Anyway a reasonable plan was put into place. We were going to leave Lonely Beach to make it to the ferry at 3:15. At 3:15 we were still missing 3 people. Then Pod mentioned that he had the number of a taxi but that it would take a half an hour for it to get there. Brad and I were very on edge because we were obviously on our way to missing the ferry (making the van driver wait another hour for us). Brad said that the Thais have no concept of time. I think it might have to do with the Thais having no responsibility in their lives. You might see it as a Buddhist-eastern zen thing. We did make the 5pm ferry.
Also, on Sunday night me and the 3 girls (it was actually Brad, I, the Thais and a Chinese couple who spoke english and not Thai) played Jenga. When you made the tower fall you had to take a shot of beer. This was a big deal because none of the other girls drank. I was drinking many beers during this but didn't have to deal with the shot-of-beer punishment because I'm a Jenga master.
I also had my first and second Thai massage. On the beach. $6CDN for an hour.
The weather was really crap the whole time. I kind of liked it in the same way that I like the rain and mist in England.
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