We arrive on Koh Phagnan on a Sunday without really knowing where we are going, trusting the universe (who sends us a tout, a good saleswoman at that!) and head straight to the bungalows the tout on the boat finds us (my worst are touts they bloody work you over - but we decided - tired and sleep a priority it will be ok for one night). Whilst it is ok, clean and with a pool its not where we wanna be - too close to the ferry and the lady boy bars, perfect for the sex tourist not us we want fantastic remote beach where we can swim in the sea and little or no distractions (like shopping!).
We hire a jeep and decide to do one more night where we are and find our home for the next 10 days. Mmmm well the jeep is a little Suzuki. Kids are squashed in the almost non existent back seat, we set off on our mission , we had been advised that the roads are pretty bad UNDERSTATEMENT of the century they are terrible, kids squabbling, us irritated with them, they obviously just don't understand our mission.......
We spend most of the day on the road and did the easiest road first, we found nothing that blew our skirt up, we went to Had rin (where the full moon parties are held), definitely not for us, by this stage the boys squabbles had escalated into full blown warfare, Nicky and I still having tummy troubles and having to make up stories for our pit stops at unlikely guesthouses without them knowing that all we needed was THE TOILET NOW. So we took a group decision to take the kid’s home to swim and head out on our own.
The road to Thong Nai pan nai is really bad and with a jeep that has no shocks, smooth tires and an engine that should be retired - it is quite a long and interesting journey, we decided to go there as some other travelers had told us about a place called Dolphin Bungalows, finally arrived and liked what we saw (the beach was amazing), but I (Lou) felt that Dolphin was not really what we wanted, and it was the wrong side of the beach - well it felt like that to me. I decided to walk the beach, I went into every resort and bungalow and finally found our home Candle Hut bungalows, they have new Zen (stunning) ones and older more traditional ones the older ones had what we wanted -A family room. (well family rooms are not for honeymoon couple or an active sex life - but hey we could always get creative - long showers etc :) yahh mission accomplished, we arranged for them to pick us up from Thong salan the next day and started our harrowing journey back in the dark on a shit road. I needed a stiff drink - in fact if I had a bottle of whiskey on the road I probably would have finished it, so we settled for beer and a quart was gone in a sec. We had to turn aircon off and grate into first every time we got to a hill, all ended well and we went of for a pizza - the last day of a dodgy tummy nothing like boring western food /bread to stop the runs.
Whilst Craig excited at the prospect of being able to work again (he was getting twitchy) he missioned to get connected - with not a lot of success - can you imagine how that affected us, mmm lets just say the 1st few days were interesting, here we were in Paradise and it was all a bit heavy.
What a difference a day makes! Once he was connected and sorted (it happened by accident he just picked up someone’s WIFI at our resort - perfect) it all got better and so the fun began. So did school work, the first day of math’s was as if Nicky had ants in his pants, but as the days go by its easier to get them both going. Bill has only had one email and he has accomplished all his tasks, if I don't have an eagle eye Nicky pops up his face book, so its constant - I think teachers should be applauded daily imagine doing this with 20+ kids every day - all day.
On the first day we arrived Craig went off to discover whilst I unpacked and made house, Nicky came running in at some stage to inform me Craig was talking to a girl on the beach who had NO TOP ON!!! When I asked if she had nice boobs, he wasn't very impressed, there he was looking after my interests and I was being Glib, no top ended up being Catherine from Sydney and a yoga teacher - weehee as the yoga studio in town was closed for renovations. Thank you universe!!
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