In ♥ with Thailand!

With a rather spontaneous & impromptu decision to head for a backpacker's trip, Henry, Joel & I booked ourselves a ticket to Thailand. Sadly, Henry had to cancel due to work commitments.

So with our backpacks, J & I with no specified plans in mind headed down to Phuket. All we knew was, we had to get to Koh Tao.

We touched down at almost midnight, with no buses to Surat Thani all we could do was stay a night at good ol' boring Phuket. We got a bike and went around the island at 2am... Obviously there was nothing to see because it was way to dark.

The next morning....




We set our feet to Patong beach.

And there you have it, tourists filled Patong. Where even sitting on a beach chair costs you 100B.

By noon, we had to pack and take a slow 6 hours minibus to Surat Thani.

And no... We're not at Koh Tao yet, in fact, we had to take another 9 hours of the night boat.

With 4 hours to spare, we did all we could. Walked around Surat Thani, went to the arcade, fed the elephant.

At 2300, we got to our sad little sleeping space. But we were too tired to complain about the sleeping conditions.

And yay! We finally arrived!

Not wanting to waste any time, we got a bike and explored the island.

Sairee beach.

When we got here, we were a little hesistant on taking the long hike. It was way to dangerous to travel down the steep slopes by bike, and walking just seemed too far. But we decided to just give it a shot.

And boy, are we glad we did. This beach was almost secluded. It was so beautiful, we both just sat there in awed.

I went for a swim not knowing that I was pretty close to the Shark Bay. It was later the evening that people started telling me I should've swam out to see the baby sharks. Thank god, I didn't.

One of the other breathtaking scenary spots.

Later that night, we headed to Office Bar to down some buckets and play poker.

After that, we kinda stopped bringing our cameras & phones out. We literally blended in the lives there. We didn't have to rush for time, we ate slow & walked so slow.

Chris was leaving after 6 months on the island. So there was a wild crazy party for him. Let's just say, the rest was history.

One of the nights, Shayne & Romain brought us for buffet. 139B= $6 for a BUFFET? You gotta be kidding me...

And our favorite companion for this trip, Wave. He brought us everywhere we wanted to.

And at Koh Tao, sister island of the infamous Koh Phangnan - Full Moon Party, everyday was a party too!

And 1 of my favorite bar would be the Asia Bar where all the divers would congregate, share stories & drink, after a good day of dive.

Here's Max, the coolest dog ever. He would follow us to party and leaving the party only after everyone have left.

And my 2 favorite men of this trip.

You probably heard the story. "2 Tigers for me if you see a Whale Shark, 1 Tiger for you if you don't." And I was god damn, fking lucky for seeing the big fking whale shark.

Here's Will, the man who told me "if you don't do your homework, I'm not gonna pass you!" And he was the one who brought me to the Whale Shark.

And after coming back to the real world for more than 72 hours, I still can't get over the fact that the week long vacation was over.

I need to find my paradise.

"And me, I still believe in paradise. But at least now I know its not some place you can look for because its not where you go, its how you feel in a moment of your life in a part of something. If you find that moment, it last forever." - The Beach