On Wednesday we left Koh Samet and headed back to Bangkok and then on to Kanchanaburi. Apple & Noi’s Retreat House (which we highly recommend), was spotlessly clean and beautifully landscaped and decorated. To celebrate Deborah’s birthday, we had a whole day tour planned out to visit Erawan Waterfalls, go elephant-riding, and raft down the River Kwai.
Our second day in Koh Samet, Thailand, and we decided to take TripAdvisor’s advice and just take a stroll along the east coast hopping from beach to beach. We heard that there was a sunset point on the west coast that you could crossover to from the east coast, so we slowly headed that way.
On Sunday, Deborah and I set out on a mission to try to use as many forms of transportation as possible to get us from Grace, Charles, Kristin, and Kaitlyn’s apartment in Kaohsiung to the HI-Sukhimvit hostel in Bangkok. So, within one day, we took a scooter, rode the MRT, HSR, HSR shuttle bus, taxi, plane, airport shuttle bus to hostel, and walked on foot. When we finally arrived, we treated ourselves to some yummy mangoes with sticky rice and then called it a night.
No, you are not hallucinating. That is really me on a bike. By myself. Without strings attached.
After a weekend at the Fulbright conference, Deborah, Eric, and I stayed at the Kaohsiung ETA’s apartment for two nights before we head out to Thailand. On Saturday we went to Cijin Island and rented bikes to ride around the island. It was my first time ever successfully riding a bicycle by myself and on the road! On our journey around the island, we passed a group of BMX-riders, a lighthouse, a model photo shoot, the beach, and a tunnel with glow-in-the-dark star constellations.
After spending a night in Taipei, we woke up early to take the High Speed Rail (HSR) to Zuoying on the southern end of the island. From there, we boarded tour buses to head to Kenting! In the afternoon, we visited the Kenting Aquarium and then had some time to head back to the hotel and walk on the beautiful beach before heading to dinner.
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