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| Breakfast at Kong's! |
Samantha and I took a little trip to the south to explore other parts of Thailand. It began in Prachuab Khiri-Khan to visit our friend Kong. We spent 2 days staying on his family’s farm, seeing the countryside of Thailand and experiencing a different side of Thai culture. We helped his parents milk cows; well we watched more then we helped! And we helped [this time we actually helped] pick up pineapple tops from their pineapple fields; they feed the tops to the cows!
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| The view behind Kong's house |
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| Milking cows |
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| Picking up pineapple tops |
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| My new pineapple-top-picking look |
After our time there we took a bus to Ranong so we could make a quick trip to Myanmar, for visa purposes. Standing in a few lines, getting our passports stamped, a quick boat ride across the river to Myanmar and back again to Thailand!
From there, we hopped on another bus to Chumphon and then took a boat to the island of Koh Tao, otherwise known at Turtle Island. I spent our time on Koh Tao getting certified as a scuba diver!!! I had a blast! I knew after my first dive that I was hooked! Seriously, I could go on forever about how amazing diving is...but I won’t because I don’t want to bore you!
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| Under the sea!!! Did an underwater photography dive and got to keep all the pics I took! |
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| Long-fin banner fish, one of my favorites I think! |
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| White-eyed Moray Eel |
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| Coral Life |
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| Hong Kong Butterfly fish |
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| Nudibranch |
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| Pink Skunk Anemone Fish |
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| A school of fish...I forget what kind they are |
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| A seastar |
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| These are the girls I learned to dive with...my new Swedish friends, Ida, Jonna & Stina! | |
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Two courses and nine dives later Samantha and I left Koh Tao and took a short boat ride to Nang Yuan Island where we spent 2 days enjoying a beautiful beach and lots of snorkeling! From there we took a boat back to Chumphon and then a bus to Bangkok where we were thankfully greeted with dry ground [no flood yet]!
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| Looking down from our room on Nang Yuan Island, this is what we saw! |
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| Nang Yuan Island is actually three islands, all connected by a double beach! The tide was abnormally high when we were there, so for most of the day, the beach was covered with water! We had to swim to get our meals on the main island! |
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| Here is the double beach in the evening at low-tide |
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| Samantha & I enjoying the sun! |
This was a wonderfully refreshing time for me! I feel so blessed to have had to opportunity to see more of Thailand and have a little break!
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