There are scorpions on Porn Beach!
I could get used to this place. Such a small island, Ko Lipe, with no roads or cars or Starbucks (yet). The only way to get across the island is by longtail boat or by walking through the jungle on a 1 km long path. The water is perfect. Yesterday some of us got together to go snorkling for the day. It was great – 3 good spots plus a long break on the beach, all at our own pace since we were the group, so to speak. Nice coral and good fish too. We had 7 people total – me, Tom (from the UK, he’s been travelling for over a year and teaching English in South Korea), Sharon and Maurienne (from Ireland, travelling for 3 months so far, getting ready to go to Perth, Australia to work), an English couple who’ve been travelling for 10 months, and Adie, another English bloke whose been travelling for 9 months.
We arrived back at Lipe for sunset and then all went to Pooh’s bar later for drinks. There are only 2 bars on the island and Pooh’s is the better of the 2 so pretty much everyone goes there. There were about 20 people or so in total at the bar which is quite a crowd for Lipe. It was a very fun time!
Today I hung out at our beach, Porn Beach. Yes, that’s what it’s called, but in Thai porn means good luck or lucky. Most Thais don’t even know what’porn’ means in English. So I’m staying at the Porn Resort on Porn Beach which is pretty funny I guess. I hung out today with the Playboys – Matt and Jim, just laying on the beach in the shallow water, swimming, and reading my book.
Oh, and I almost forgot, when I got home last night, there was a scorpion on the floor in my bathroom. I missed stepping on it by inches apparently because when I sat down on the toilet I saw it right in front of me, already in the striking position! A bit scary! I managed to get him to scurry off but it was hard getting to sleep knowing he was still in my room somewhere! All in a day in Thailand, right?
The main highway on Ko Lipe…
Big night out at Pooh Bar
Heres the scorpion (the day after)
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