I just spent two grueling, sweat-soaked days packing up/throwing away all of my stuff in my apartment and as of 6 p.m., I’m officially homeless.
From there, I leave the cleaned-out apartment (HUGE weight off my shoulders) and head on to one of my favorite sanctuaries: Books-a-Million (as a substitute for Borders which I prefer). Apparently they charge $3/24-hour wifi connection, so I’m writing this offline before I get to Jesse’s place. Yeah, I’m kinda cheap…sometimes… this time at least.
::save your smack Andrea::
It’s kinda funny I come to Books-a-Million to read a book a friend gave me a few days ago. Maybe not, but I can’t get enough of this book: “Let’s Go: Thailand”
Apparently, the Let’s Go line is supposed to produced better travel guides than the Lonely Planet pantheon, and while I’m not at all versed in the travel genre or have any real experience, I’ll take my friend Ashleigh’s word, because after all, she bought me the book and vetted it with her own first-hand experiences.
There are several entries in the book she highlighted, that she recommends I pay special attention to, one of which being the place I’m probably looking forward to the most.
Ko Tao (Ko means Island in Thai) is a small island north of Ko Samui and Ko Phangan and is the smallest and less developed of the three, and I’ve seen amazing pictures that, combined with Ashleigh’s glowing recommendations really pique my interests even more.
I’m reading this section very intently, imagining the journey from Ko Samui to Ko Phangan probably via a decent sized ferry and from there to Ko Tao via something cool and slow like a sailboat or a small long-tail boat. I have a feeling a slow sunset passage from Ko Phangan to Ko Tao will be a highlight of the trip itself.
From when I dock I’m envisioning a Thai meal and a hike up a dirt road to some bungalows for the night, not before a few beers of course.
We’ll see. I’ll write a post with what actually happens when I get there.
