Now that Colleen had gotten her diving fix, we were safe to
leave Koh Tao. Actually, I would stay
there forever but alas, we had to travel onwards. We were catching a ferry to one of the
neighboring islands, Koh Samui, as we had booked a flight from there to Hong
Kong the following afternoon. In true
Thai fashion, one of the two ferries that operates between Koh Tao and Koh
Samui was out of commission for the day, so there was only a 3pm ferry. Due to the sweltering heat and our extreme
whiteness, Colleen and I passed the time before our boat ride by bouncing
between various restaurants in an attempt to stay out of the sun and consume as
many refreshing drinks as possible.
There would be many things I was going to miss about Thailand (cheap
beer, great weather, etc.), but riding on their ferries was not one of these things!
With the final ferry ride of our vacation behind us, we
headed to our hotel for our last night in Thailand. We were staying at what appeared to be a
beautiful beachside hotel, the Impiana Chaweng. The lobby, pool, and
beachside dining all looked spectacular, but unfortunately for us when we went
to check-in we were told our room was not yet ready as it was "under repair". I can only imagine. For our troubles we were given a four course
Thai meal that consisted of lots of nasty shit like fish soup, random shellfish
and other stuff that had probably just washed up on shore that week. Even the ice cream they gave us for dessert
sucked! After dinner we were given the
keys to our "repaired" room, although it was a safe assumption that
they had spent the entire renovation budget on making the lobby nice. The room was dated, dirty, and had a solid
collection of Colleen's favorite...flying insects!
Seeing as how it was our last night in Thailand for the foreseeable
future, we decided to catch the 10pm shuttle bus into Chaweng Beach, the main
shopping and nightlife area on the island.
Since our complimentary dinner earlier was not to our liking, we had a
second dinner consisting of some good old-fashioned Thai pizza! Since we were leaving tomorrow we did our
best to rid ourselves of some of our Thai currency by purchasing useless
souvenirs. Colleen then retreated to the
salon for one last budget manicure.
While she entertained herself by getting her nails done, I decided to
just go for a walk around the area by myself.
I quickly discovered that as a white male this was a terrible idea, as I
was constantly being harassed by ladyboy hookers, Russian hookers, and regular
female Thai hookers! If you love paying
for sex, then Chaweng Beach is the place for you people! Eventually I just gave up on my exploration
and went back to the salon where Colleen was and waited outside. As she was finishing up the power went out in
the entire area. Just a random
observation, but if you ever have the opportunity to be in a bar/club district
while the power goes out, take it! It
was really surreal to see. Kind of eerie
actually.
Once power was restored and Colleen was prettied up, we headed
across the street to some little bar called Legends. I figure with a name like that you can't go
wrong. My final cheap beers in Thailand
tasted just as good as the first ones, and I am sure I will be back; one day.
Back at the hotel, Colleen was still petrified about the
fact that there were a few bugs in our room earlier (pretty sure they were all
dead now) and she thus decided to sleep in a bug net. Yes, my girlfriend sleeps in a bug net in
hotel rooms. Paranoid? Just a little. But hey, we've all got our quirks!
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| Colleen protecting herself from the non-existent critters in our room inside her bug net! |
Tomorrow we were venturing on to the last leg of our trip,
two nights in Hong Kong, before flying back to Canada.
~Brentski~
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