It's hard to believe that it's already been more than a week since I last wrote. In my last post, I mentioned that I would be leaving for Cambodia in a couple of days. Well, those couple of days have come and gone and I'm still just chillin' here on Ko Chang. That's the beauty of being able to travel without time constraints dictating where you have to be next and when. It took me a while to realize this and since it's been so long since I've been able to just relax on the beach, I decided I was better off just enjoying the moment I'm in.I've been in Ko Chang for almost three weeks now, but there's just only so much you can write about riding around on motorbikes, exploring the beaches, or watching amazing sunsets and so I've not posted anything lately. Tanya from Magic Garden Bungalows has left Ko Chang for Cambodia to make a visa run and so three girls from Sweden have been keeping me entertained, along with several other travelers who've been here as long or longer than I have. Last night a bar here in Lonely Beach, Ting Tong Bar, threw a big reggae festival with several live bands. One of the bands that was performing is very popular here in Thailand and gets quite a bit of air play on the Thai radio stations and so people came from all over to hear them. Quite an impressive crowd for such a little bar - they had to clear out some of the jungle behind the bar earlier in the week to make room for a stage and the expected crowd. Good times!
Last week I also had the opportunity to DJ a bit for a party thrown at Magic Garden. And even though I hadn't touched turntables in the two years prior and was playing from someone else's music collection, the crowd was feeling it and dancing right from the gate. I was in heaven and loving that I was given the opportunity to do something that I've not been able to do for quite some time now. More good times!
One of my journeys around the island this week took me to Khlong Phlu waterfall and I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was actually some water still flowing. I had wrongly assumed that they were all dried up at this time of the year. It was quite a refreshing change of pace going for a swim in the pool under the waterfall as the water is considerably cooler than the ocean, which at times feels almost too warm. A little further down from the falls I was able to find more swimming holes but with no people, so I parked my butt on a rock for and read a little while basking in the sun.
