October 20 - Thailand: Ko Samui

Shoeless Connals

We didn't wear shoes today.

None.

Not at all.

We had a late breakfast and then settled into some hammocks in the treeline on the beach.  And that's all we did all day.  We swung in our respective hammocks and read our books and listened to the surf.

Around lunchtime, we walked down the beach to a place called Cleopatra's for lunch, and then we went back to the hammocks.  I napped for a while until 4:00, when the raindrops began to fall.  It was just a quick rain shower, but enough to send us back to our bungalow, where we sat on the porch and read until the rain stopped.  

We had dinner at the hotel restaurant, and Jon ordered a delicious shrimp fried rice served in half a pineapple with cashews.  YUM.

About the most productive thing we did today was to make arrangements for our ferry ride to Ko Tao tomorrow.  This was especially productive because it involved me walking - barefoot of course - to the guest house desk and say, "We want to go to Ko Tao tomorrow.... Yes the 8:00 boat is fine.... They'll pick us up?  Great.... Thank you."  And then I walked back to the hammock.

It's a rough life, but someone has to support the tourism industry.