The rest of the Thailand trip.

Yes yes I know it has been a long time since we've updated the blog or even finished our last trip entries.

Our flight to Koh Chang was pretty uneventful. We were served food and then we landed. At the airport we jumped in one of the airport vans that would take us to our hotel. On the way to the hotel we had to take a ferry to the island. It had been a long time since I'd been on a ferry. Just about as I had remembered it but the view was amazing and more than made up for the seating. After getting on the island the road that the airport van took was crazy! One of the most twisty roads I've been on.

It was finally our turn to be dropped off at our hotel. Our anticipation was mounting and oh boy did it deliver. The Chai Chet hotel was beautiful! Everything we were looking for. After all of our traveling we just wanted to sit by the pool and relax.

That afternoon we decided to explore a little bit and headed out. We found this little place down the road that had amazing pad thai. The owner was a very nice englishman. At this meal we decided to plan what we were going to do the rest of our time here.

We only had three days to spend in paradise... The first day we spent the day around the pool, exploring the local beach and relaxing.

The second day was new years eve. In the morning we went snorkeling on a different island. We met a nice couple on the boat there that was living London but was from Milwaukee. So we decided to go together. Snorkeling was fun but the waves were too big and water kept getting in our tube. After we were done we had lunch at the local shop.

(Lunch of Champions)
After the snorkeling we went back to the hotel to get ready for the new years eve gala the hotel was putting on. The night was an amazing experience with dancing, great food, interesting entertainment, fire dancers and fireworks. Here are some pictures from the night:



Here are some ladyboys serenading us.

The fire dancers were really cool

The fire works show was the best I've ever seen. All along the beach the different hotels were having their own firework shows so it was a fireworks bonanza! We also won a strange jade fish that we unfortunately would not be able to fit in our bags. We left it on a table down the beach.

In the morning on the third day we decided to do the tree top adventure. This is where you climb up ladders, along high beams, across tight ropes, and down zip lines.

this is us all strapped in.
Here is Tara and I up in the trees!



In the afternoon on the third day we rode elephants. When I say we rode an elephant I really mean I sat in a seat on its' back and Tara rode on its' neck.


That night we got inked! Wefigured that since we were in Thailand we'd get real Thai tattoos.

Tara got the Thai word for love on the back of her neck.

I got the ouroboros on my right wrist.

The next day was a bit hectic. We had to get to the 10:00 am ferry to get on a bus that would take us to Bangkok. What we didn't know is that not all taxis would take you there; so needless to say, we missed the ferry. We finally found a taxi that would take us after two hours of trying and made the next ferry. We were lucky and the next ferry left about 30 min after the one we needed to be on. The bus hadn't left yet. While waiting for the bus to leave we met a couple from Netherlands. They were really cool and we hope to keep in touch with them. The bus dropped us off near Kao San Rd where we enjoyed ourselves much more than we had the first night in Bangkok. If you've seen the movie "The Beach" you will know it. We stopped in a bar to have a few drinks with the Netherlanders and exchanged e-mails. We walked around, shopped, and explored for a couple of hours till we had to go to the airport. Our flight was at 2:00 am so by that time we were a wee bit tired.

Well that's it. Probably the best vacation of both our lives.