koA new place to stay

Walking Street, Pattaya. Yuck!

 Koh Chang.

Taking the taxi.

This guy was waiting for us to come home the other night. It was at least 50cm tall.

 The Yellow Mango bungalows.

This is where the bars are at..

Taking the shortcut to the beach.

Lonely Beach, Koh Chang.

Janine's Resort.

We stayed the first two nights in Yellow Mango's bungalow which cost 550baht per night including private bathroom and a hot shower. It was ok, but we thought we might find some place cheaper or better quality at the same price. And so we did! We checked in in Janina's resort this morning and this place is really nice (still at Lonely Beach). The bungalows are spacious, very tidy and you cannot even see through the floor! The resort itself is very peaceful and the owner lady could not be more sympathetic and friendly. This bungalow costs 500 bath per night, including a private bathroom, a hot shower AND a TV and internet! Well we could do easily without the TV (although the local music videos are quite fun) but the internet is awesome. We booked the next four nights from here.

Our plan was to go to the islands of Koh Samui and Koh Phangan after Chang, but it seems the weather is pretty bad over there: it is raining and the mudslides have cut roads etc. What a fortune we decided to come here first! It looks like the weather will not change before the 18th of Dec on Samui and Phangan, so we might stay here for a while. Also, we might take a little trip to the north of Thailand if we get bored of the beach life.

There is one thing I can not understand. How do the Swedes get such a perfect tan?? I already got a comment about my plae skin yesterday as this stoned and happy man asked me: Hey lady! Don't you wanna change colour?? (after this he said I look like I am from the 70s). And so we went to the beach. Joni was reading underneath a tree and I was sweating in the sun for about an hour. The same thing today. I guess the only difference between my tan and that of the swedes is that they actually are able to spend seven hours more in the sun per day. Oh well.

Tomorrow we will rent a scooter and drive around a little bit. Oh, and the bird that was making a really weird noise was not actually a bird: it was an enormous gekko living underneath our previous bungalow.