Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Koh Kut

To get to the beach (on an island called Koh Kut), we had to take an uber, a plane, a taxi, a bus, a tuk tuk, a red pick-up, another taxi, a weird behemoth truck that had bench seats, another tuk tuk, and a ferry. The Trat bus station was run entirely by dogs. Fortunately, Monet spoke "dog" and we were able to get to the right place.


Approaching the island with Leaf at the bow, doing his best Leonardo DiCaprio.


When we landed on Koh Kut, guess who was waiting for us? Yep. It was Buddha.


After a few hours on Koh Kut, we became totally blissed out. The island was too perfect. Coconuts fell out of the trees and rolled to our feet. Fish jumped out of the bay and landed on our cooking spit. We ended up sleeping on the beach, under the stars, near this quiet little lagoon.


Okay, that was a lie. . . we actually splurged on a resort that was right on the beach (don't tell anybody). But check out our view of the sun setting over the Gulf of Thailand . . perfect, right?


Loving it. . .


Our first night we ate at a nice Italian restaurant that had maybe the worst pizza ever. . . but we didn't care. We were too blissed out.


That next day we rented motor bikes and headed for the interior.


First we stopped and got some gas. . .


The more we biked, the more blissed out the world became. . .


Until we ended up at the most perfect blissful waterfall in all of creation. You can't make this stuff up!


We even walked behind that goddam perfect blissful waterfall!


TOO MUCH BLISS. . . HEAD GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!!



"Help! Can anybody hear me! We're stuck in paradise!"


"What's the matter, Santa? You look upset."
"Well, Rudolph. I have no clue what to get these people. They're so goddam blissed out, they barely even know it's Christmas. Screw it, I'm headed back to the north pole. This place gives me the creeps."


What's this? Another perfect sunset? No way. We must be in a simulation.


Loving it. . . .


"Something must be wrong with me. . . all we do on this island is swim and eat and snorkel and kayak and hang out on the beach and have fun. . . This place makes no sense to me. . . . Even Leaf has chilled out. . . Maybe I'm nuts?"


Loving it. . . .


"Monet, there you are! We gotta get off this island. It's freaking me out. Maybe we can go back to Bangkok and chill for a few days, ride a tuk-tuk, visit a theme park or just wait it out until our plane leaves? What do you think?"
"Wow. . . you're really anxious. . . ."
"I know."
"Well, okay. If you really wanna go, we're not that far from the Cambodian border."
"Huh!?"


So we only stayed for three days on Koh Kut. And now we were on our way to Cambodia, even though our flight left from Bangkok in only three days. At least it was something tangible to freak out about. Somehow, I felt relieved. I'll leave you with a photo of a man walking past a giant elephant without even noticing. . . I'm sure it's a good analogy for something, although I'm not sure what. .


NEXT DAY

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