HOT NEWS..... CHANTELLE STRANDED ON AN ISLAND well not anymore but still I was!!!!!!

Flooding in Koh Phangan

Flooding in Surat Thani on the bus ride home you could not even see the road it was covered by water (I was a little scared I am not going to lie)

Bovy and I with our beautiful Poncho's

Yup, you read it correctly - Literally there is no way on or off the island! It all started a couple of days ago when we were out and on our way back the bridge that connects Ocean View (Bovy's resort) and the rest of the island was closed because it looked like the bridge was going to collapse!  So we quickly (like 2 minutes) packed up an overnight bag and headed across the river into town to her aunts place.  So for the last couple of days I have been wearing the same outfit and my beautiful pink poncho!! It was so intense on the island There were naval boats that had to come and rescue stranded people on the island of Koh Tao because they had no more food or water.  People were lining up at the pier for 150 spots on that boat - but there were thousands of people there!  Instead of freaking out, which to be honest is what I would normally do, I sat in the cafe and drank tea and ate banana bread.  I ended up laughing hysterically about people yelling at each other over the spots. I knew that if things got really bad on the island the boat would come and take us all to the mainland! So the next day I ended up getting on a ferry the next day and after a 13 hour bus ride I was in bangkok!  I arrived at 5am and had no hotel/hostel booked but to be honest I wasnt sure that I was going to be staying there until about 30 minutes before the ferry left so my disorganization was unintentional!  I wandered around for a good hour because every place I looked at was full (probably because everyone had or was leaving the islands).  I managed to get a bed to sleep in, but it sure had a price tag but at 6am I was tired of wandering and kind of scared considering there were tons of drunk people around so I was fine to splurge.  I slept until 11 am and then went out to Khao San road to buy some gifts for people!  After that I decided to lay by the pool until dinner time where I went out to a restaurant close to the hotel.  I sat down by myself and enjoyed a singha!  Now, I know people say you are an alocoholic when you drink alone, but frankly when you are travelling and you dont have a travel partner and you are sitting alone at a cafe with live music why not right!!!  My aloneness didn't last long two cousins - one from the Czech Republic and one from Oregon came and joined me at my table!  They were an awesome pair to sit with - they had plenty of hilarious stories and were not bad to look at either! We sat and drank at the bar, then proceeded to dance until 5am on Khao San Road (dancing in the bar and out front of the bar), then sang and listened to some songs in the middle of the road with some hippies from literally all of the world - France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Canada, Etc Etc!  When I finallly got to sleep at 7am the sun was already up - needless to say I called reception and asked for a late check out so that I could sleep in!  I went for lunch, grabbed some gatoraide and hang out in the city for a day with my two new friends (they were lucky enough to let me store my bag at their hostel) and then headed back to Tup's house in the evening!  I passed out as soon as I got to his place and woke up early because we were going to the ancient city that day! Tup, Big, Adam, Cheese and I all crowded in a beautiful air conditioned Van to take us there! On the way we stopped at the floating market which was really fun - we kept eating delicous food after delicous food!  Then we packed into a car and headed to Ayutaya. The pictures say it all....

Tomorrow I am heading out with Adam and Tup for fishing and then Wednesday I head to Cambodia where I will be flying into Phenom Pehn, then heading north to Siem Reap where I will be touring Angkor Wat and volunteering in Savong Orphanage!


Well until next time missing you all,


Love C. xox