Ko Tao: Lazy Day

With the ambitious plans to kayak to the neighboring island, Ko Nang Yuan, we were disappointed to wake up to a rather grey day. The ocean had a grey tint to it as well, punctured with lots of small white caps, so we decided to wait a few hours to see if things cleared up. In the meantime, we had brunch and settled into comfy pillows in one of the beach front cafes to finish our books.

While waiting, we saw the sun come out for about 10 minutes, and then the rain came in. Because wind and rain and choppy ocean is not a good kayaking combination, and because our less than stellar Ko Tao dives were still fresh in mind, we decided to scrap the snorkeling plans for the day. We continued to be lazy and treat ourselves to massages instead of exercise. When we finally decided it was time to head back to our room it was raining buckets and we were soaked to the bone in about 30 seconds. Good thing even the rain water is warm here!

We cleaned up and went to Ban’s restaurant/bar to meet our new Canadian friends, Adam and Laura, in celebration of their new scuba status. We had dinner and drinks with a few of their dive class buddies and their instructor, Santi. When the rain finally stopped, Santi took us to one of the more local bars up the hill where his friends were simultaneously bartending and serenading us with guitars and bongos. It was a great night that ended at the Lotus bar down on the beach, sitting on overstuffed pillows in the sand and sipping Changs with all of the friends we had met on the island. On our walk back, Justin decided to try a rope swing over the water that led to a long conversation with some very drunken Thais from Bangkok who gave some great travel advice!