Katie's Korean Adventures: Thailand Pt Deux-- Monkey business

Upon waking on the morning of our first official day in Thailand on the island of Koh Chang, I went and opened up the curtains on our porch. We had the absolute cutest little bungalow up in the jungle about 2 minutes walk from the beach itself. Totally quiet and relaxing.

(Our bungalow)

We all were sitting around trying to wake up when I look through our window and I see an animal face right up against the glass, peaking around the curtain. I was thinking to myself, "What is that? That's not a dog, its definitely not a cat... wait... is it? IT'S A MONKEY!!!"

Sure enough, Mr. Monkey moved to right in front of our window, so he was sitting on the table we had outside on the porch. He was looking in at us like WE were the monkey's in the zoo. I couldn't get to my camera in time to get a photo of him. We were all very sad that we didn't get photographic evidence. We hoped that he would come back soon so we could get a picture of him, but he never did. That was such a cool thing to see though, and I'll definitely never forget it. BUT, like the epic mole mentioned in the first blog, you had to see it to believe it.

(Our view during breakfast)

(The pool at our hotel. This place was WAY nicer than I expected)

(Kristen swimming in the hotel pool)

Once we got ready we went and got our free breakfast. DELICIOUS!! Nothing like sitting out on the beach eating eggs and fresh fruit and coffee. Mmmm.

(Crazy clear water)

(Kristen)

(Me)

(I was spinning SO fast I could barely hold on)

(Erik)

We then went to the beach to check it out. We happened upon these rad rope swings that were tied to palm trees. They were so fun. Needless to say, I spent a LOT of time swinging on those. Probably way more time than the average tourist.

(Soda in a bag... mmm ok)

We had lunch on the beach at one of the hotels.

(Me and Erik at lunch)

(Delicious strawberry smoothie. mmmm)

One thing I loved about the island that you can't say about the islands further south... it was NOT crowded at all. There were people, for sure, but it wasn't annoyingly crowded. I love that.

We then hung out and ate dinner later on the beach again. Then the 3 of us played with the swings for FOREVER. Taking pictures and twisting the swing up so it spun around insanely fast. (Erik took a video of me, I will post asap).