Ko Lanta then. Lot like Ko Tao (my favourite so far). Very chilled out atmosphere, long, long beaches, lovely sunsets, less tourists and a lot slower pace. Just how I like it. Only stayed for 2 nights though. Bunch of Arse.
'Platonic relationship.....does not compute.....must...destroy!'
Moped time again! This time, I was the expert and Diana was the novice. She broke the record for staying on by careering off the road right outside where we rented. Top job. No injuries though as it was a very slow dainty fall into some grass. Then she had a problem grasping the concept of letting go of the throttle whilst braking resulting in her 'humping' my moped from behind whilst squealing 'How do I stop it?!? It wont stop?!?'. Yerrrrsss. On the road things were cool and she got the hang of it fairly quickly (except for a moment whilst going round a bend she went on the other side of the road heading towards a massive truck - 'It wont turn', 'Try turning the handle bars'). Stopped off at some nice view points for an OJ and a fag.
'Bloody tree-huggers'
Discovered the joy of listing to an Ipod whilst riding. You shoulda see me shaking my ass while bombing along to Basement Jaxx's 'Jump and Shout', Owww! I was hot!! Took a sneaky look into a top 5 star resort and it was really superb. But strangely, completely empty. I would have happily made up the numbers!
'Lets have a look at where you could have stayed...'
Finished off with a ride into town where I finally succumbed to the evils of pirate DVDs. Always said I wouldn’t buy them for myself as I don’t dig the piracy thing, but when you’ve got the entire second series of 'Lost' for 6 quid, temptation can be a real MF. Not really sure when I’m gonna get the time to watch them so hopefully I will get ill in a hotel room with a DVD player and some point in my travels to give me an excuse to stay in and nail it.
Went out again on my own again, (Di had the shits ;) ) well, it was either stay in bed and listen to the blaring music from the nightclub across the road, or just go over there and listen to it. Took me a bit longer to find someone to chat to but didnt matter as they were playing just the right mix of Special Sparm House music so was happy to bob my head along like a div supping on a few Singhers. Got chatting to a bunch of Swedes (They're bloody everywhere over here) who were somehow doing they’re degree in Sweden over the Internet from Thailand! Makes sense I guess, -10 degrees or +30, not a hard choice. Went to a Reggae bar (They're bloody everywhere too!) and we all smacked about on the bongo drums they had out in various beats, rhythms, off beats and general random noise. An uneventful bed time as we are leaving the next day. A catastrophic 2 day bus journey from Ko Lanta (near the south) to another country, Laos, in the North awaits me. The whole length of Thailand and then some.
I’m guessing it’ll be another 'experience'. Now where DID I leave that valium....
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