This blog entry is actually about a boat trip. Today, Fat Chris organised a boat trip for the group. It was little speedboat, perfect for a group of 15 people. Our first stop was to another part of the island, where we chilled and hung out at the beach. The sand was really hot (it was burning my soles).
We then went out to another spot, where we had lunch. It was really cool seeing another side of Ko Phangnan. It was a resort type area, where people were sitting around and eating. It wasn’t the crazy scenes of Full Moon Parties. In fact, we saw the Cactus club in the morning, it looks the biggest dive ever. Corrugated roof and walls, make shift tarp pulled over the top. But that place goes off at night! Its one of the biggest spots for the full moon party.
Our third stop was the snorkelling spot. I did a Navy Seal type entry into the water, by flipping over backwards. We had some pretty crappy snorkel masks. I’ve snorkelled before, and I only took a few breaths and I could tell something was wrong. It wasn’t pumping the air in and out properly and water was coming in. And it was hard to get back into the boat as well (for those of us without upper body strength!). We didn’t snorkel much as most of us were too full from lunch and the equipment was not very good (note: bring your own gear or buy it next time).
The last stop was another beach, where we played an impromptu game of gridiron (6 vs 5). The game was good for about 2 downs, and then guys started getting injured. 8 downs later, and multiple injuries later, we called it a game.
It was probably one of the best days I’ve had on the trip so far. Tomorrow we’re heading to Koh Samui but not before another night of hitting the beach!
Oh, and we threw Ip overboard as well. Love it!
I’m out like Ip overboard,
Matt Ho.
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