Owke, more & more rain is falling out of the sky...it just doesn't seem te stop. Result of this is that several boats are not leaving the shore, electricity goes on & off all of the time, 7eleven needs to barricade the door with sandbags to prevent the shop from flooding...anyway, it's getting everything BUT a nice, sunny, tropical paradise! Hell, if it was all good we would be hiding from the burning sun, now we hide from the rain...patato, patatoe... ;-) So we decided to just stick around until the weather improves (don't feel like puking for hours on the boat leaving the island). Weather is poor everywhere anyway, so we might as well stay here and read our books and do internet stuff here. We met another Belgian couple in the guesthouse. They decided to stay another day (or two) as well, since they didn't feel like going on to the ocean either on the only ferry that did leave today. So we decided to watch a movie together for a change, since we've been reading al day ;-)
27/03: More rain & no power, time on a island can be bliss! Right?
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Today was more of the same as the last days...more rain & lots of it! The extra for today was an additional full day power blackout, luckily 1min after finishing our hot shower ;-) So we read our books some more, played the crazy whack the bunny game, took a nap, read up in our guidebook, drank a beer & stared out into the storm. The sea is also too rough at this time for the boats to go out, so everyone is stuck on this island too...our original plan was leaving tomorrow, but it seems we maybe need to stay on Koh Phangan just a little bit longer. Anyway, wanna see how crazy the game is? See the video
Today was more of the same as the last days...more rain & lots of it! The extra for today was an additional full day power blackout, luckily 1min after finishing our hot shower ;-) So we read our books some more, played the crazy whack the bunny game, took a nap, read up in our guidebook, drank a beer & stared out into the storm. The sea is also too rough at this time for the boats to go out, so everyone is stuck on this island too...our original plan was leaving tomorrow, but it seems we maybe need to stay on Koh Phangan just a little bit longer. Anyway, wanna see how crazy the game is? See the video
26/03: Ocean dipping in the rain
Today we were woken again by the heavy rainfall. So we just slept a bit longer (good excuse, not? :-) ). When the rain got a bit less we got up, took a shower and went for breakfast: fruit, muesli, yoghurt. Heaven finally decided to stop crying for a while, so we quickly took a dip in the ocean. No sun, but warm and no rain. All is well ;-)
So we played with the waves, wind & the many beach dogs. Most of these dogs are actually nice & clean, although some are dirty & scruffy, looking more like goats than dogs? It's an island, so breeding option perhaps are limited?? After playing with the real dogs we finished our doggi puzzle that remained from yesterday. Succes at last!
We bought ourselves a little game in the local 7eleven to keep busy, whack the bunny! Couple of buttons that light up in some random sequence you need to push in time. First level is fun, 2nd is impossible. Maybe with some more practice we can get ahead in the game....to be continued. If we remember we'll try to post a video with the oooo so irritating sound. Once your in the game, you just don't care to be honest...:-)
Btw; Tonight is 1/2moon party night, a trance fest somewhere in the jungle, but since we are not cool we're not going :-) Also cause apparantly the music is poor & the crowd are raving idiots.
25/04: Puzzling away while watching the heaven cry
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No alarmclock! Bliss, so we stayed in bed until well over 10am...that has to be one of the max 5x on this trip, but this is partly why we have these last weeks, so we decided to use them. The weather still remains the same and is predicted to stay the same for days on end...woeptiedoe! So we watched the heaven cry it's hart out, dropping thick tears onto the tropical hills, converging into the fast flowing streams & waterfalls. Honestly, the constant sound you hear is of rain drops hitting the metal roofs & the water flowing down towards sea. The best way to spend the day was to start on our puzzle again...the little 3 dogs beat us on the train last time, surely they could not defeat us again? Well, yup, they could! :-) That little (500 pieces, so not sooo little) sweet little doggi puzzle is damn hard work! We ran out of daylight when it was almost finished so we have some work waiting for tomorrow. It will probably rain anyway, so that's another dry hour at least.
No alarmclock! Bliss, so we stayed in bed until well over 10am...that has to be one of the max 5x on this trip, but this is partly why we have these last weeks, so we decided to use them. The weather still remains the same and is predicted to stay the same for days on end...woeptiedoe! So we watched the heaven cry it's hart out, dropping thick tears onto the tropical hills, converging into the fast flowing streams & waterfalls. Honestly, the constant sound you hear is of rain drops hitting the metal roofs & the water flowing down towards sea. The best way to spend the day was to start on our puzzle again...the little 3 dogs beat us on the train last time, surely they could not defeat us again? Well, yup, they could! :-) That little (500 pieces, so not sooo little) sweet little doggi puzzle is damn hard work! We ran out of daylight when it was almost finished so we have some work waiting for tomorrow. It will probably rain anyway, so that's another dry hour at least.24/03: All sins are washed away in paradise!
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After the second time standing on the deck, throwing up, this big muscled guys who looked very tough, came back with a tissue and a bottle of water for me. Wow, how sweet! Tough on the outside, soft on the inside?
When we arrived at Koh Pha-ngan, it was very hot and the sun was shining. Well, that was decieving :-) Once we arrived at our guesthouse (with a really friendly host who is smiling all the time), it started to rain. In between rain showers, we were able to walk to a 7eleven to get something to drink and eat. After that we went back to our guesthouse and sat on our terrace to read something. We were back just in time, because then the sky bursted open!! Tropical rainshower it was! We were still tired from our journey to here, so we slept a couple of hours and then it was time to go for dinner. We just ate our guesthouse: yellow curry with chicken and pineapple and steamed rice. For the rest of the evening we will sit on the porch, drink something, listen to Tracy Chapman (good music taste they have :-) ).
After the second time standing on the deck, throwing up, this big muscled guys who looked very tough, came back with a tissue and a bottle of water for me. Wow, how sweet! Tough on the outside, soft on the inside?
When we arrived at Koh Pha-ngan, it was very hot and the sun was shining. Well, that was decieving :-) Once we arrived at our guesthouse (with a really friendly host who is smiling all the time), it started to rain. In between rain showers, we were able to walk to a 7eleven to get something to drink and eat. After that we went back to our guesthouse and sat on our terrace to read something. We were back just in time, because then the sky bursted open!! Tropical rainshower it was! We were still tired from our journey to here, so we slept a couple of hours and then it was time to go for dinner. We just ate our guesthouse: yellow curry with chicken and pineapple and steamed rice. For the rest of the evening we will sit on the porch, drink something, listen to Tracy Chapman (good music taste they have :-) ).
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