Back to Ranong on to Ko Chang

After 4 days in Ko Tao, we (Ingrid, Bart, Igor & I) headed back to Ranong.

When we arrived in Ranong, we were faced with the familiar smells of the city and the hustle & bustle of the streets of Thailand.

Sidebar - there are no lanes in Thailand and there are very little traffic lights.

The next day we headed to an island about the size of Ko Tao called Ko Chang. Ko Chang is idiosyncratic in the fact that not too many people go there and it is nearly deserted compared to some of the popular tourist destinations such as Ko Phangan and Ko Tao.


The ride there involved an hour of gentle swaying in a long boat. Also what I found interesting is that so Buddhist monks seem to head to a hear by island for a reason unknown to me:
















If there was one spot on earth that anyone can come and just relax - not from actually attempting to relax but from the atmosphere, surroundings, sounds, smells, etc... Ko Chang is definitely that place. Any human being can come to Ko Chang and literally bask in his/her exitence.

Ko Chang is also a place of complete focus. I saw a book rack in the restaurant/bungalow check-in desk and picked out "Da Vinci Code". Although I have not seen the movie I decided to have a read. The book is roughly 600 pages long and I finished it in 2 days. I could not believe how concentrated I was in Ko Chang. At home a book of 600 pages would take me roughly a month to finish. I didn't find the book to be a good read but this was the most amazing reading experience I ever had.

Perhaps the images below to add flavour to my words: