We made it across some of the Gulf of Thailand to the island of Koh Toa on a big catamaran. There were 3-5 meter swells and the boat was being tossed around like a rubber ducky. Needless to say, 1/3 of the boat's passengers were throwing up. Jared turned shades of white and green, but held it together. I was not directly affected by the weak stomach syndrom but did manage to get thrown up on!! YUK!
Koh Toa is a mix of the middle of nowhere and Cancun. Lot's of tourists and tourist accomodations, motor bikes everywhere, and resorty style lodgings. We managed to find a cheap little bungalow and a rad little climbing business that hooked us up with info on climbing on the island. Beautiful, huge granite rock with great routes. It's great to get away from the noise of the main beach. The jungle is full of banana and palm trees, loads of hibiscus, and other plants I've not identifuied. Today was a bit of literal baking in the sun and snorkling. The ocean is beautiful. Apparently full of more life around here than the tourist destination of Ko Samui. Too much tourism has taken a tole on the surrounding ecosystem.
We doing well. Got a small case of the overseas insufficient digestion and spending more time on the toilet than normal. We did get snaked by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and got sold a crappy useless open-ended ticket that noone will honor. Supposedly the shop in Bangkok will reimburse. I'm not holding my breath!
All is well in this tropical paradise. Onward tomorrow night to Nhakon Sri Thammarat and then on to Krabi and Ton Sai Beach (I think those spellings are right) to do some more climbing.
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