Meg and I are well. We enjoyed Koh Chang and some of its hidden spots.

We also visited a nearby island called Koh Maak. Its was quite nice, we splurged for a bungalow that overhung the ocean and had a nice hot shower.

We returned to Koh Chang to start heading West, but unfotuntely, i got sick for two days so was out of comission. We have a rule, that if one person gets sick, we upgrade to a/c, hot shower, and TV until we are better. I was soon recovered and we started on our next leg of island hopping.

We did a 24 hour straight travel from Koh Chang to Koh Pangan. It was as follows: taxi to the pier, then ferry to mainland, then bus to bangkok, then bus to subway, then subway to train station, the train to south west thailand overnight, then bus to pier, then ferry to island, then motorbike to the town near our bungalow.

It was worth it .

We are now staying in a bungalow on a beautiful undeveloped bay with a great beach and two other bungalow resorts nearby who have good restraunts. Our bungalow is on the beach and has a hammock out front, with a great restraunt nearby run by the wife of the owner of the bungalows. Everyone staying there has been there atleast half a dozen times. Some have been there for a couple months. We can see that it can be hard a place to leave. Whats great is there is a family/old friends atmosphere and every one is really welcoming. Its pretty much exactly what ive been looking as far as an island retreat goes.

More pictures and stories will be coming soon…