Mother Nature

For the past 5 days of so Deb and I have been on the island of Koh Chang where the thai monsoon has been paying us a little bit of a visit. Strange weather really. One day sunny all day long, and then at night we will have the wickedest thunder storms. The other night it rained so hard that the power went out in our resort and the thunder was so loud that you could feel it in your chest. It probably lasted for about 5 hours or more. In the morning we walked into town and parts of the road were literally washed away and the restaurant where we had eaten a couple of days before literally had a river of run off pouring through it. A wall had been washed away and the tables and chairs were all over the place. Even now we sit in an internet cafe and the road right next to it looks like a river as there is about a foot of rainwater flowing down the street.

Yesterday the weather was fantastic so we hopped on our scooter and went exploring. Ended up at a place called Lonely beach (which really wasn't very lonely but didn't have many people on it). The water was nice and calm so we hopped in for a bit of a swim. Funny thing happened when we were drying off on the beach, this thai man selling trinkets came up to us hoping we would buy something...and while staring at our crotches asked us where we were from. We told him canada, and while continuing to stare at our nether regions, he said "Canada, number 1". Deb and I have been making jokes about that ever since.I am sure you can imagine some of them.

After that, we went to the southern tip of the island to the fisherman's village which is all built on stilts over the water and had the best scallops in a drunken spicy thai sauce. Oh my goodness they were delicious. Then went back to our resort where we swam in the pool, went into the steam room, swam in the pool, went into the steam room and then to the room for our daily nap. Feel a little like a senior citizen with our daily ritual of napping. But hey, it is a lovely thing so why fight it right?

There are loads of waterfalls on the island so if the rains stays away today we might just go and check a few of them out. They should have loads of water with all of the rain we have been getting. If not, then I guess we will head to our room, which is really awesome. We love low season travelling...we are getting to stay at nice places for cheap prices. Our room has the most breathtaking view of the pool and the ocean in the distance, has french doors that opens up onto a little balcony where we drink our beer and watch the sun set. It also has a tv and dvd player, so we have bought a few movies and plop down and watch them when the weather doesn't cooperate.

It has just been nice being somewhere for more than 3 days, not feeling like we have to be a tourist and sightsee and just relax.

Mom made it home safe and sound...and I think that is it for this update.