More islands, totally different story

Meanwhile, Kim has been sitting in Ko Phi Phi with a bunch of 25 year olds. Finally on Monday, I caught a ferry to Phuket. Admittedly I was not looking forward to this at all. Ko Phi Phi was crawling with tourists, and Phuket is known for it being the tourists playground. But, clutching my moon guide book I decided to book in to a hotel in Surin beach, claiming to be a less touristy, more upscale location. Small...insignificant...detail...noone drives there. You can't get a minibus from the ferry docks. Oops.

So, I get a minibus to some location in Patong beach --this is the hot spot supposedely(you can quote me it's a hell hole!!), then I got in a tuk-tuk and got him to drive me the rest of the way. What's a tuk tuk? it's a tiny car, with an open sitting berth on the back, with a roof. They are very cute...(you may remember them from such events as Kim getting hosed on her first day in Thailand)...anyways, I got there. What a treasure!! No tourists....the beach was stunning. I had a lovely dinner on the beach watching the sunset, and 5 kids surfing...it was phenomenal. I was only there for 1 night, the whole point was to get on a flight the next day to Ko Samui.

For those checking the map, So far, my southern exposure has been on the Andaman sea (the west side of thailand), and Ko Samui is in the Gulf of Thailand (the east side) so I took a quick flight over. I arrived, and my guest house is adorable!! It's totally a backpacker hangout, but it's cute, and clean, and has DVD players in the rooms with girl movies. I AM IN HEAVEN! The whole reason that I went to yet another island down here was www.absoluteyogasamui.com Oh it was beautiful. One small problem. it was not close to my guesthouse AT ALL. about a 1/2 hour drive, and doing that a few times was not in the cards for me with a taxi. So I rented a car.

Oh yes, brace yourselves. Kim, driving in Thailand. They drive on the left hand side of the road here, which is fine. They have the highest mortality rate of scooters in all of Asia...cause there are about a million scooters weaving in and out of traffic. And tourists are on them. That can't end well. Long story short. After embarrassing myself to high heaven by my in ability to park this stupid rav 4 like jeep, I got the hang of it. I didn't even get lost!! I feel like a pro!

Today, I did 4 classes and arrived back at the hotel DIEING for beer at about 630...
The yoga spot was georgeous...tucked in the woods, yoga studio in amongst the trees, and a restaurant to die for, and an amazing pool. Yeah, I was in heaven. Oh yeah. I did hot yoga. WHY DO PEOPLE DO HOT YOGA???? Seriously. I don't get it. I know it's supposed to be good for you, but all I kept saying to myself the whole time was "god I am hot"...

Anyways, tomorrow more slobbing about, then Friday I fly to Chiang Mai, where I am going to check out some temples, markets, and maybe a Muy Thai match.

Home in 9 days!