It rained the entire time. No, ENTIRE time. About 3 hours of no rain and maybe 1 hour of 'sunshine' in a 72-hour period. Problem when you go to an island and expect to be hiking in the hillsides, snorkeling and beaching it up. Okay, plan B, eating and drinking A LOT. We stayed at Paradise Cottages on Lonely Beach which was surprising really nice for only 200-300 baht a night depending on whether you wanted a concrete or wooden bungalow. Sila and Chon took good care of us with food and drinks and we were very happy while lounging around on hammocks or at the bar. The First night we went to Aum Bar on Lonely beach where we met up with some other OEGers and had a little dance party. Fantastic! Later Eric Dave and I were the only ones still out and we managed to get lost in a rain forest of bungalows looking for the Tree House (according to a Dutch restaurant owner where the 'happening party' was Saturday night). The Tree House is apparently under renovation we found out after an hour search.... you would think that the guy living 1km away would know this, but obviously not. Lots of fun all the same... and still raining.
Day 2 we went to a hotel at the end of the road (only 1 road in Ko Chang that goes alone the perimeter of the island and make a horseshoe shape) and climbed the waterfall there... in the rain of course. It was totally awesome though and we crossed the rushing water to get to the other side of the river and Eric even walked under the waterfall!! Awesome. Afterwards we got a beer and snack at the hotel pool bar and went back to our hotel after meandering around a bit. That night we got awesome Mexican food at a place in Lonely Beach being run by a French guy with Thai cooks (?!?!!), whatever, it was aroi mak mak and then we went to Nature for the 'Sunday night' party. Met some great backpackers and a few local girls who were interesting (one of them talked about her drug selling business for about 2 hrs) and then hit the dance floor. Everything was going swimmingly until, oh, the rain decided to cause a massive mudslide which wiped out the concrete pools holding up the telephone and electric wires. Shit. Shit Shit Shit. No Cell service, no water, no electricity. We tried walking home but the mudslide had happened on the road between Nature Bar and our hotel. I though we were goners, especially after trudging through water that was rushing at me up to my knees... in the dark. I made my way back to Nature and laid down under a hut telling myself 'this is it, I'm going to die here' (a thought i have almost every weekend in Thailand). A few hours later a Thai woman, a lady boy, and a few foreigners (me included) started making our way through the bungalows to get back. IT WORKED!! SAVED!! Got into bed at 5am, soaking wet (i never dried the whole time on that island) and pretty sure that I was indestructible.
The only pictures I have from this trip are leaving. Even though the trip was very eventful in its own way, I didn't particularly feel like taking my camera out when I was miserably being rained on or on the verge of death walking through mudslides and rivers. Sooo yeah. Weirdly enough I had a pretty good time but I sincerely doubt I will come here again. Damn rainy season! Mai pen rai.
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