The
next couple days were paradise. We ate lunch on the beach, bathed in the
crystal clear, perfectly lukewarm waters of the beach [only slight drawback: be careful of the sea lice!].
We found a restaurant that showed FRIENDS continuously (yep, our new favorite
place), shopped till we dropped, met new friends, ran into old (ok, ran into
ONE of Emma’s friends. But across the world and on a beach full of hundreds of
people? That’s a pretty impressive find). They were glorious days. I think one
of my favorite (if not THE favorite) experience was the boat trip we took.
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| new friends + Cat, Emma's friend from home |
We knew we wanted some sort of excursion, something that
included lunch (obviously) and awesomeness. We booked the cheapest boat trip we
could find and headed down to the beach early in the morning. After carrying
our stuff above our head through four feet of water, we boarded the monster
ship in the bay. We were treated to different beaches around the island,
snorkeling (I will now fully disclose that I SUCK at treading water. This fact
sometimes taints the first few moments of snorkeling in
PANIC), authentic pad thai on the beach, sunbathing on Bottle
Beach, and ended on a “hike” to the waterfall. Well, it’s not really a hike if
you can do it in a bathing suit and flip flops, right? The trip was
all-inclusive of bottled water, spirits, fresh fruit, and freshly cooked onion
rings (best I’ve ever had). Also included: the most interesting gathering of
people. There were the old couple (ok not OLD, but on an island of 20 year
olds, it’s quite easy to be old there) who rudely shouted at the driver because
she couldn’t understand him. There were the teachers on summer break (seemed to
be most people’s story), and then there were the strippers moonlighting as synchronized
swimmers. All made for a very entertaining day.
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| We're on a boat! |
It was an amazing day, but the waterfall was a bit of a
letdown. When you’ve been treated to sights of Yosemite Falls for most of your
life, other things just aren’t as impressive. They might as well of pushed two
pebbles together, poured some water on THAT and called it a waterfall. Plus,
the water was the murky pond of my nightmares. People hopped in without a care,
while I was the lame tourists who sat on the rock and flicked the water with my
big toe. On the hike back, I noticed a small wet brown thing stuck to a girl’s
leg. I pointed it out to her, she flicked it off and immediately asked me “Do
you think it was a leech?” Yeah, SUPER GLAD I didn’t get in.
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| Yosemite Falls has ruined my life. |
We spent the rest of the night on an epic quest for onion
rings (courtesy of yours truly). We went to restaurant after restaurant looking
for a batch of perfectly crispy and savory deep fried rings. Four restaurants later…
we were there.
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| First onion ring place [fail]. Plus we were photobombed |
That's all for today! [ironically, that's the same line I use to end my classes when I teach]. I'm starting to feel a little overwhelmed with the amount of TIME it is going to take to blog all this. If this were someone else's blog, I'm not sure
I would even read it. Buttt it's only day 3. Can't give up now, right?!
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| view of Haad Rin beach |
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