So, it happened... It is that time in life... We are sleeping in two separate rooms now... The thing is that cabins on the boat were not that big and we opted for luxury. Or not having heat stroke, guess depends how you look at it...
So, Ko Chang was sailing time. We hired a 32foot boat and headed towards the island archipelago on the north-east of Thailand. What we did not expect is that we will be so close to Cambodia. We could see it in the distance after the rain. And there was a lot of it (and we thought Ireland was bad!). We witnessed a proper tropical downpour - about 40 hours of straight rain!
But we had a lot of sunny and windy spells as well. The boat was really great. We sailed her along the white tropical beaches under the palm trees overlooking the blue seas. Really, really beautiful. Well, from the distance anyway. Beeches are usually full of sand-flies (checked with locals and the response was "...it is not too bad this time of the year"; yeah right!) and mosquitoes (we used about the bottle of anti-repellent on our on shore trip).
We did some great sailing (in the end we spend less that half fuel of wheat we were told to expect). If we were heading into the wind, we tacked and tacked and tacked (we left a good bit of our palms' skin on the the halyards and jib sheets). In the end, think we maybe overdid it a bit - were probably more in the racing that cruising mood, but it was a great fun!
In the week we mastered (well, sort of...) anchoring process as well. They do not have moorings, so you just pick a bay and it is your home for the night. Gentle waves (well, not so gentle all the time, we were almost kicked out of our beds as well) and stars on the sky, magic... Not to mention that the water had 30 degrees!
We spend all nights on the boat, sleeping on the deck for a few of them as well. Went on-shore only one day to do a bit diving (well, we just couldn't make it without it). Reefs of Ko Chang are not spectacular, but there is some nice coral. Not the place to plan your diving trip about, thou.
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Next stop, Bangkok again.
2 comments:
Kaj zaj! Vidim, da sta uzivala na celi crti! Ce bi pa bila midva zraven pa ziher ne bi dezevalo!!!!
Bejba, moram ti povedat, da si nekam suhljata! Kaj te stari samo goni okoli?
Uzivajta se naprej.
Kiss and hug
Petra in Mitja
ahh, guys. it looks to me, like you had week of your life! I suppose, it's slightly better feeling to capsize there vs. capsize in greystones.
now it's time to go for a race!
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