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I woke up Wednesday morning and hit the beach for a walk and to catch some sun (as much as possible at 8am). I got back to the hotel around 8:30 to find myself locked out as the room key had fallen off the keychain during my walk down the beach. Thankfully the resort had an extra key and got me back in pretty quick. We spent the next hour eating breakfast, collecting our laundry, and packing for the journey ahead. Just before we got in the car we saw a couple clocks around the resort an hour ahead of what time we thought it was and got worried. We thought we had six hours to travel 650 kms to catch the last ferry of the day by 5pm.
We hit 7-11 to fill the car up with gas (940 baht!!!, about as much as a night in a hotel) and got back on Highway 4 to drive like crazy. The road wasn’t super busy but had some traffic and made our predicament more stressful than we would have liked. For over an hour we averaged 145 km/hr or so, hitting top speeds of 170+ km/hr, I tried but the car wouldn’t go any faster. Mackenzie was quite entertaining, grabbing her legs, and waving her arms (although thankfully never screaming) when nervous as we passed on the shoulders and quickly swerved/darted in between cars. After a little more than an hour of crazy driving we saw a road sign that said Surit Thani, 205km, and I was like, “Wait a second, that means its only like 350 total, not 600+.” We rechecked our maps and realized we were going to make the boat easily. With this new information we slowed down and went back to 110 km/hr cruising. The road signs took us all the way past Surit Thani to Donsak where we paid 425 baht to take ourselves and the car on a ferry to Ko Samui (about 100 minute ride). We were the last car let on.
When we drove off the ferry we entered a beautiful little island that will be our home for the next three nights. Our hotel room was on the other side of the island so we had a 45 minute drive to get there which Mackenzie made quite interesting. I don’t know if she wanted revenge for my driving or what, but she was adamant about passing people and driving fast. The road was skinny, two-lanes, with potholes galore, lots of traffic and big trucks, and about 10 motorcycles for every car. Despite all the difficulties involved, Mackenzie made it her mission to pass them all, which she accomplished quite well. Finally around 7:30pm we pulled up to our hotel, The Lodge at Bophut.
I woke up Wednesday morning and hit the beach for a walk and to catch some sun (as much as possible at 8am). I got back to the hotel around 8:30 to find myself locked out as the room key had fallen off the keychain during my walk down the beach. Thankfully the resort had an extra key and got me back in pretty quick. We spent the next hour eating breakfast, collecting our laundry, and packing for the journey ahead. Just before we got in the car we saw a couple clocks around the resort an hour ahead of what time we thought it was and got worried. We thought we had six hours to travel 650 kms to catch the last ferry of the day by 5pm.
We hit 7-11 to fill the car up with gas (940 baht!!!, about as much as a night in a hotel) and got back on Highway 4 to drive like crazy. The road wasn’t super busy but had some traffic and made our predicament more stressful than we would have liked. For over an hour we averaged 145 km/hr or so, hitting top speeds of 170+ km/hr, I tried but the car wouldn’t go any faster. Mackenzie was quite entertaining, grabbing her legs, and waving her arms (although thankfully never screaming) when nervous as we passed on the shoulders and quickly swerved/darted in between cars. After a little more than an hour of crazy driving we saw a road sign that said Surit Thani, 205km, and I was like, “Wait a second, that means its only like 350 total, not 600+.” We rechecked our maps and realized we were going to make the boat easily. With this new information we slowed down and went back to 110 km/hr cruising. The road signs took us all the way past Surit Thani to Donsak where we paid 425 baht to take ourselves and the car on a ferry to Ko Samui (about 100 minute ride). We were the last car let on.
When we drove off the ferry we entered a beautiful little island that will be our home for the next three nights. Our hotel room was on the other side of the island so we had a 45 minute drive to get there which Mackenzie made quite interesting. I don’t know if she wanted revenge for my driving or what, but she was adamant about passing people and driving fast. The road was skinny, two-lanes, with potholes galore, lots of traffic and big trucks, and about 10 motorcycles for every car. Despite all the difficulties involved, Mackenzie made it her mission to pass them all, which she accomplished quite well. Finally around 7:30pm we pulled up to our hotel, The Lodge at Bophut.
1 comment:
atta kid, sounds like Ian may have rubbed off on you a bit.
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