Chill out!
26 Jun 2013 | Ko Lanta Yai, Krabi district, Thailand
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Leaving Bangkok, I don't really know what to do. It's raining like hell, so not even possible to hitchhike away. I finally take a night train to Surat Thani, so I've a place to sleep, and from there I could easily reach the islands of Ko Samui or Ko Pha Ngan.
When I arrive there, I find out that I have an offer to work on the island of Ko Lanta. So I take my thumb out, and in between two rains I hitchhike the 600km to reach there with the night.
I end up at the Chill Out House Lanta, wich is an hostel near the beach, made out of wood and bamboos, where I'm welcomed by Jessie, Arm, their little baby, and Jessie's mum Marylin. It is low season now, most of the businesses are closed, and the island is pretty much quiet. I am positively surprised here, I was expected a very touristic place, with lot of hotels and other buildings; but no, it is very relaxed atmosphere, most of foreigners are closer to the hippie kind, and only one side of the island is occupied by little bungalows and hostels, the rest is still made of jungle and Thai people living their way.
I spend the rest of my time in Thailand here, working in clearing/securing the electricity wires of the hostel, meeting some travelers, enjoying my time, leaving tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow.... chilling out :)