This weekend I went to Koh Samet AGAIN! This time 13 other teachers from ASB went as well – a big party. Once again, we took an unlit speedboat taxi from the mainland to the island, flying through the darkness. Once again they dropped us right at our beach and we wadded to shore. Friday night we all drank buckets on the beach and danced and danced and tried our best to say “one smart fellow he felt smart, 2 smart fellows, they both felt smart” which is a favorite of mine…at 2am we went swimming in the waves – pretty convenient with the bar being right on the beach. Some got a little crazier than others….

We stayed in little bungalows right next to the beach again, and it was so nice to wake up in the morning and look out on the ocean. Most of the teachers hung out on the beach all day, playing soccer or getting massages. Spencer and I rented a kayak and explored south of where we were staying. We found an absolutely (as cheesy as it sounds) magical beach that was practically deserted, but found it was actually the beach front to a group of little bungalows hidden under the forest canopy that you can rent. While exploring, I found the biggest spider I have ever seen hanging from its web 10 feet up in the trees.
That night we all piled in a taxi – which is a pickup with benches in the back – and drove out to a restaurant standing on pillars out in the bay. You have to stand out on the dock and ring a big bell, and then one of the waiters jumps on a raft, pulls it over to the mainland, and picks you up at the dock.












This is the waiter heading over to pick us up - and then all 13 of us climbing on!



Once at the restaurant, you sit on cushions on the floor around big glass-topped tables, with your legs dangling above the water through a hole in the floor. And we ate and we ate and we drank and we drank. Good fun. They also had a little aquatic animal farm with crabs, baby sea turtles, and sharks. I’m not sure if they were raising them to release or eat or…



Afterwards, we headed back to the beach by our bungalows and sat in the sand, drinking (you guessed it) buckets, playing guitars and singing. My backpacking guitar definitely came in handy…Another wonderful, relaxing weekend.