We've spent the last 8 days on a gorgeous paradise of an island - Koh Chang. Here's a picture of our little bungalow...
Erik got to know our bungalow well while praying to the porcelein gods for 4 days. First it was general traveler's diahrrea. Then after a couple days running around on the beach, he had to turn around and glue his arse to the toilet bowl - good old giardia, most often spread through fecal matter (yum yum). We suspect it was from swimming with elephants and their giant elephant poo.
Anywho, once Erik was feeling better, we spent every day on the beach. UHmazing. No rocks, warm blue water, beach dogs chasing each other, some guy walking around selling bags of pineapple for 20 baht. And, unfortunately, not pictured here, many speedo-clad Europeans. Check it out:
We ended up spending a few days hanging out with this Thai guy that we met at a local bar. To this day, we still call him "thai boxer' because he never told us his actual name. He wanted to stay one more day to party with us but had run out of vacation money, so we let him crash in our bed next to us. He even used Erik's precious sleep sheet! Here's a picture of our last night with him, goofing off, doing thai boxing moves on the beach at sunset:
That night we also went to a big beach party at a backpacker guest house called "Treehouse". Here's a picture of us getting crunk to some techno beats. SWEET
Other than my obsession with chapstick and vasoline (which Erik calls my "crack"), i LOVE puppies!!! So here are a couple rabie monsters for your viewing pleasure (both coincidently named mo-mo). The second one acts JUST like lucy!!:
One of our big splurges on Koh Chang was going on a 2 hour elephant trekking tour. We did our research and found a company who at least claims to be part of a foundation supporting the health and survival of elephants in Asia. Our elephant was named Poppy and he was 35. I guess elephants live to be around 100 so he is relatively young. For the first hour we road side by side in a seat strapped to the top of his back, but on the way back, we got to ride bareback on their broad necks/upper backs. We rubbed his bristley little head the whole way. Once we approached the lake, they all started wiggling their tails and flapping their ears, they were so excited to go in the water! We got to go swimming with them (and their poo) for about 20 minutes (giardia fun!). SO AMAZING.
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