HEY HEY HEY
since we last left you, iona and i have discovered a new limit to the amount of time that can be spent on an undeniably crap asian bus. before we had to travel from vang vieng (near the top of laos) to koh tao (at the bottom of thailand) we thought that 6 hours of atrocious karaoke was about it. how very very wrong we were. 30 (i kid you not) hours spent crammed into a bus seat or on the back of a pick up truck later, and we've decided that limits are out the window. no amount of transport can possibly be worse than that, and we left the experience feeling like very seasoned travellers. we're so clever.
but all that travel time, and a brief overnight transit in possibly the worst town in the history of asia (well, maybe not, but it really is very very dull) the end result was defintiely worth it!
because BASICALLY, this past week we've been on the absolutely amazing thai island of koh tao, and we had an absolutely fantastic time. not to make you jealous or anything (ok, maybe to make you jealous) but we spent our days lying either by the pool or on the beach, ocasionally moving to fetch nourishment or venture out in the evening. AND we somehow managed to get ourselves acommodation at a resort for $20 a night for both of us - still not quite sure how - which definitely made for a very welcome change!
and actually, once we did engage in strenuous activity... we went scuba diving! which was so so fun. we saw heaps of fish, a little family of nemos, a couple of sting rays, and loads of other stuff - though unfortunately no sharks... it is safe to say that we had an amazing amazing day, and we were quite sad not to be able to do the full 4 day course, but doing it for the day was fantastic!
sorry this is short, but in true vivienne and iona style we have scheduled a train in about 10 minutes and i for one am not going to risk missing it and staying in this godforsaken place of chumphon (mentioned above) for one second longer than is necessary.
so perhaps we will flesh out this exciting entry some time in the near future. perhaps not. i dont really know.
but until next time (WHEN WE MAY WELL BE IN GREECE - YAY)
much much love,
vivienne (and iona)
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NOW as we are essentially killing about 16 hours in Bangkok today, im just going to add a hilarious anecdote (i love that word) which really capped off our departure from koh tao and arrival back in the dreaded Chumphon.
basically to get to and from the islands, you get this ferry thing which is altogether not the most exciting thing in the world. BUT to get to and from the ferry at the chumphon end of the journey, there's this really long, entirely dangerous pier, which sort of looks like i may have built it. so imagine that for yourselves.
but yesterday, iona managed to prove the danger of said pier, by overbalancing while carrying all her worldly possessions, as we got off the boat. it was a moment of great hilarity as we both lay on the ground for approx 5 minutes in hysterics until the helpful ferry staff did what perhaps i should have done and helped iona up. we laughed the entire way to chumphon, and let me tell you, it was possibly the most fun we had the entire time we were in chumphon.
