Khao Sok & Koh Phi Phi

Sawadii Ka Y’all! We got a bit of jungle action in Khao Sok national park. We decided not to go on one of those organised tours there because they were a bit to pricey compared to the one we did before in Chiang Mai. So we got some bread and jam and headed off into the jungle for the day on our own to explore the waterfalls. It started on a big dirt road that soon became a little overgrown path. We saw heaps of spiders and lizards but no tigers, bears nor the infamous barking deer, maybe for the best i guess. After  walking, sweating and eating jam sandwiches all day we got to a great pool to go for a swim. Heaven. Our goal was to see monkeys, of course, and then just on the last bit back we got to see a family of them jumping from tree to tree. Success! In the evening we found this dark little pub next to the river, nobody there but just a couple of Thai guys sitting under a black light. We soon realised that the black light attracted every single bug within like a mile radius, which the Thai guys more than willingly showed us their preferred methods of eating them. I was well impressed, Jo not so much.

We got to Koh Phi Phi yesterday, beautiful island but well expensive for our cheap asses. Eventually we did find a room, but it does cost double then that we usually pay. But hey, compared to Europe it’s still a bargain. Then something random happened when we were for a walk around the island, I got myself a cool freehand bamboo tattoo on my thigh. I was waiting for Jo while looking at some pictures at this shop and 5 minutes later I was in the chair. Hooray for spontaneity! I think it took about 4-5hours to get it done. Weird seeing a guy poking me for a couple of hours, their was a bit of a crowd as well.  Definitely more painful then a machine tattoo, but the result is just awesome. Really happy to have it done, for a fraction of the price back home i reckon. After we had to go and celebrate with some buckets of course. We went to this beach bar where there was a flaming skipping rope and fire limbo going on, never seem so many people get burned in my life before. Not a great thing to do when you’re drunk I guess. Then we ran into this guy who looked beaten up with an ice pack on his hand, apparently there’s this bar where if you go into the ring against a Thai kickbox  fighter you get a free bucket. I think he lost. What a weird island, I think I’m starting to like it.

We’re going on a sailing trip tomorrow, do some snorkelling, feed monkeys, visit some of the best beaches in the world, you know the usual stuff. See ya later yeah!