March 31, 2002
31/3/02 Koh Phan Ngan. Thailand
31/3/02 Koh Phan Ngan. Thailand (Phillip)
So here I am in paradise roughing it for a few days :) Ko Phan Ngan is great. Our original plan was to catch a ferry here and connect to another ferry to Koh Tao, but plans changed. After missing the ferry due to a late train we ended up staying here. We found this wonderful place on the beach coincidently called "The Beach", catchy huh? Anyway, after talking to some dive centers we found out that this was actually a great place to dive. You can dive Koh Tao from here but our shop advised us to avoid Diving there because it tends to be overcrowded and you "only see bubbles". I reckon that's a bit of a line and I'm sure Kelly will let us know the truth but we did 4 dives through the shop here and they were fabulous. Just a few of us on the boat and we got to see sharks! Pretty cool.
Anyway, I'm thinking that tomorrow or the next day I'll hop on a bus down to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My friend Jamie from Austin is still there so I'm hoping to see her. After that I want to go to Brunei since it sounds like every other tourist avoids that. Brunei has the highest income per capita on the planet (all oil) and it sounds great. Well except for the fact that there is only one youth hostel and all other accommodation is over US$80. So we'll see, I'll be calling ahead :) I'm still planning on meeting back up in West Thailand with the Monk. They're also going to teach me Thai cooking! Then I won't be entirely useless. The food here is truly amazing, so simple yet great. I'll pop some in a box and mail it to you :)
Hang in there in the real world......
Posted by Admin at March 31, 2002 04:12 AM