It’s a fairly early start to the day to pack all our schizzle up and check out of Best Beach Bungalows. We all rendezvous for breakfast and everyone is looking forward to our beach huts in Ko Phanagn. Before we head off to the ferry, Eve n I make a dash to the bikini shop to see if my masterpiece has been made! It has and……..it FITS! Hurrah!! She did a really good job and I pay her quickly to stop her going on about BIG material for my BIG ass!
Back at the bungalows, the boys are trying to figure out the cheapest way to get to the ferry port. Luckily, the German owner is around and says he will give us a run down but says a pretty steep price – I play the old ‘oi, we’ve drank loads of your beer and eaten loads of your food for the past 4 days’ line which he thinks about and then agrees to take us down to the ferry for cheaper price – great success!! We get our rucksacks on – OWWWWWWWWW – rucksacks and sunburn is soooo not good – and jump into the German’s 4x4 pick up truck. Aaron and Richard are in the back with the bags – haha – hold onto your hats!!!
Once at the ferry port, we see all the revellers come from Koh Phanagn back to Koh Samui – man alive, they all look rough….must’ve been a crazy full moon party….3days ago. Also, the amount of blokes hobbling around on crutches and donning legs of plaster is a tad worrying – no mopeds for us! Once we cross the rickety pier onto the ferry, it’s a pleasant 1 hr boat ride to Koh Phanagn….but oh no, I feel a cold coming on….can’t stop sneezing and have a runny nose – what is that all about!?
Once at Koh Phanagn, we go through the palaver of trying to find a cheap taxi. We all get piled into a minibus, sweating our asses off and notice that our rucksacks are being tied to the roof – eeeeeeeeek – it doesn’t help that the roads are all on crazy hills that are like fairground rides! We get dropped off at Silvery Moon Bungalows at the side of the road and we follow the signs to our accommodation………..
Right, well that was fun…….the walk down to the bungalows was a dodgy, steep as hell path – not looking forward to walking back up there with the rucksack – argh! We arrive and the setting is gorgeous. There are little beach huts all dotted around and the beach is right THERE! We get checked in and find out that the nearest resort is a 40min walk away – haha – but all is not lost. The people here run a Honesty Tab book so whatever you take from the fridge – be it beers or food – you simply write it in your wee room book and pay every 2days – sweeeeeeeet!!! Beers were around £1.50 for a huge bottle and the food was cheap as well.
Dave and I head to our room, where you have to cross The River of Death….Eve nicknamed it that as you have to walk across a gang-plank which is over a murky river full of bugs and the unknown!! Haha – lets hope we don’t end up falling in that! The room is lovely and has a huge mozzie net over the bed. The ensuite is a wet room which has been attached to our room – so it feels like you’re showering outside!!! The toilet looks like it’s built for midgets and has no flush – you have to scoop water out of this massive tank and flush it down like that – this should be a hoot!!
We all get settled in and have a wee sun bathe on our own idyllic beach – it’s gorgeous with loads of palm trees on it and no one around! Dave and Aaron want to be Bear Grylls, so off they trot to find some coconuts to eat.
This place is quite basic, but so quaint and we have it practically to ourselves! We all gorge ourselves on Thai curry and play poker until midnight…..cos that’s when the owners tell us to go to bed!! Apparently, they like people to either go out partying and come back in the wee small hours or…..go to bed when they do at midnight! Haha - nitey nite then!
Hayley
Back at the bungalows, the boys are trying to figure out the cheapest way to get to the ferry port. Luckily, the German owner is around and says he will give us a run down but says a pretty steep price – I play the old ‘oi, we’ve drank loads of your beer and eaten loads of your food for the past 4 days’ line which he thinks about and then agrees to take us down to the ferry for cheaper price – great success!! We get our rucksacks on – OWWWWWWWWW – rucksacks and sunburn is soooo not good – and jump into the German’s 4x4 pick up truck. Aaron and Richard are in the back with the bags – haha – hold onto your hats!!!
Once at the ferry port, we see all the revellers come from Koh Phanagn back to Koh Samui – man alive, they all look rough….must’ve been a crazy full moon party….3days ago. Also, the amount of blokes hobbling around on crutches and donning legs of plaster is a tad worrying – no mopeds for us! Once we cross the rickety pier onto the ferry, it’s a pleasant 1 hr boat ride to Koh Phanagn….but oh no, I feel a cold coming on….can’t stop sneezing and have a runny nose – what is that all about!?
Once at Koh Phanagn, we go through the palaver of trying to find a cheap taxi. We all get piled into a minibus, sweating our asses off and notice that our rucksacks are being tied to the roof – eeeeeeeeek – it doesn’t help that the roads are all on crazy hills that are like fairground rides! We get dropped off at Silvery Moon Bungalows at the side of the road and we follow the signs to our accommodation………..
Right, well that was fun…….the walk down to the bungalows was a dodgy, steep as hell path – not looking forward to walking back up there with the rucksack – argh! We arrive and the setting is gorgeous. There are little beach huts all dotted around and the beach is right THERE! We get checked in and find out that the nearest resort is a 40min walk away – haha – but all is not lost. The people here run a Honesty Tab book so whatever you take from the fridge – be it beers or food – you simply write it in your wee room book and pay every 2days – sweeeeeeeet!!! Beers were around £1.50 for a huge bottle and the food was cheap as well.
Dave and I head to our room, where you have to cross The River of Death….Eve nicknamed it that as you have to walk across a gang-plank which is over a murky river full of bugs and the unknown!! Haha – lets hope we don’t end up falling in that! The room is lovely and has a huge mozzie net over the bed. The ensuite is a wet room which has been attached to our room – so it feels like you’re showering outside!!! The toilet looks like it’s built for midgets and has no flush – you have to scoop water out of this massive tank and flush it down like that – this should be a hoot!!
We all get settled in and have a wee sun bathe on our own idyllic beach – it’s gorgeous with loads of palm trees on it and no one around! Dave and Aaron want to be Bear Grylls, so off they trot to find some coconuts to eat.
This place is quite basic, but so quaint and we have it practically to ourselves! We all gorge ourselves on Thai curry and play poker until midnight…..cos that’s when the owners tell us to go to bed!! Apparently, they like people to either go out partying and come back in the wee small hours or…..go to bed when they do at midnight! Haha - nitey nite then!
Hayley
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