Don’t disturb the sea cucumbers!

April 25th, 2002 at 12:00am

Well, it’s going to be difficult, but I am leaving Ko Lipe today. There is a 2-hour speedboat back to the mainland which leaves at 2pm. It’s been a good time, with good people, nice beach, and great snorkling. My bungalow was right on the beach and I have been easily passing the days on my porch in my hammock. There’s definitely lots of wildlife here and I didn’t ever have to leave my bungalow to see it – first the scorpion, then 2 gigantic spiders, 2 big monitor lizards, a bat, and last night, a snake! (The scorpion, by the way, commited suicide the day after I first saw him…I found him the next morning drowned in a bucket of water in the bathroom. I scooped him out to show the guys then gave him a proper burial by placing him on the root of a tree next to my bungalow and I watched as the ants surrounded him and carried him away.) Luckily all the beds have mosquito netting so at least you have a barrier between you and THEM.

The whole island is getting ready to close up for the rainy season – the boats back to the mainland will stop running on May 21rst. So most of the restaurants (all 4 of them) are running low on supplies – no yogurt, no cheese, no banana, etc, etc, depending on the restaurant. And the rain is getting closer – every night we have had the most amazing lightening storms out at sea. Sometimes 3 or 4 at the same time in all directions.

In the evenings we’ve been going over to Pooh Bar for a few drinks and laughs and then heading to the beach to watch the lightening shows. During the day I’ve been dividing my time between the hammock and the beach, either laying in the water with Matt and Jim or snorkling at Porn Beach and Pattaya Beach on the other side. The snorkling right here has been great – I’ve seen a spotted sting ray, one moray eel, a lobster, and many, many fish. I made the mistake of showing the guys how to pick up a sea cucumber and since then have been witness and victim of many sea cucumber fights in the water.

‘ BLOODY HELL, that sea cucumber is MASSIVE!’

‘I am COM-PLETE-LY WANKERED!’

‘Do you want to walk home? Well, I suppose I can TRY.’

‘I’ll have 2 more brownies IMMEDIATELY.’

Too much fun. The Irish girls left 2 days ago on their way to Singapore and then Perth, Australia. Matt and Jim (the Playboys) decided enough with the rehab and are heading straight up to Ko PhaNgan for the Full Moon Party on the 26th. So much for a quiet island with no partying for the next 2 weeks! I may be seeing them again on Ko Samui because I’ll be heading up there myself to meet 2 friends from Philly who are coming to visit (yeah!).

So once I get back to Satun today I’ll decide where to spend the next 10 days before going up to Ko Samui…somewhere in Malaysia yes, but where, I dunno yet. That’s what I love about this trip so much – I’ll figure it out when I get there!

The UK Playboys, Jim and Matt

Are you sure you know how to use my camera?

My roomate the spider (in the bathroom)

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