Castaway in the Gulf of Thailand

Dear all;)

Get ready for our new travel blog entry...there we go:

After we managed to get ot of Bangkok without a hangover or getting into serious troubles, we arrived safely on the beautiful island of Samui (Ko is the Thai word for island). The visit of this island had just one purpose...I wanted to learn Muay Thai kick boxing - and I did.

The gym

The schedule was pretty tough: session 1 was from 8-10 in the morning and session 2 from 5-7 in the evening. In between I couldn't really do anything else than just relax and there was almost no time for party, as I really needed the sleep to survive this thrill.

...you're in the army now...

Take that!

Kick it...

Mike isn't really into kicking people or objects and decide to spend most of the time in the gym. They had a fully equipped fitness gym next to the boxing rings and as he hadn't been in a gym for so long, it was really hard to get him anywhere else.

After a few days I started to NOT feel my body all the time anymore and finally became friends with the punching bag...

Our kinky mascot still didn't get it's punishment for the turmoil it caused at the airport in Singapore and now we were at the right place to do so:

One thing you defenitely have to do when you come to Thailand is elephant trekking; this was an incredible experience. Compared to horseback riding the elephant doesn't really seem to feel any difference, if someone is sitting on it or not - and there is literally nothing in the jungle, that could stop it. It's really funny when the tiny Mahoud (Elephant guide) is trying to make the elephant to continue on the trek, when it decided to eat the next tree - there is only one thing you can do...wait!
We could also ride on the elephant's neck - that felt really odd. This gives you an idea, what real power is:)

Well, no party at all doesn't really work for us, so we jumped into the night life of Samui on a Friday night  - with ambivalent experiences. We went to club sound, which is a very nice club with good music but the gogos are an absolute no-go...

The situation is pretty much the same as everywhere in Thailand. First the guys try to pick up a Western girl - meanwhile the concentration of Thai "girls" in the club rises exponentially with every hour - at around 3am the lucky ones leave and the others are left behind - but not for long. As soon as the amount of foreign girls (a natural spacer) decreases, they start to attack. Most of the times it's really hard to tell if it's a girl or something in between, but one thing is for sure: nobody goes home alone unless he really, really wants to.



On that night we unintentionally stumbled into the shop of a tailor with very convincing sales skills. After initial doubts we decided to get ourselfs a tailor-made suit/dress as the price is really unbelievable low. To our surprise the first fitting took place already the next day. As the results were convincing, Mike decided to get himself two more suits and 6 tailor-made shirts - just to point that out: It was Saturday evening and the tailor knew, that he would have only until Tuesday...it was 7:45pm...and at 9:30 Mike had already the first fitting for the new suits!!! If you order a suit in Austria, you usually wait about 4-5 weeks for the first fitting. On Sunday Mike decided to also get 3 vest to his suits; on Monday evening I ordered another tailor-made dress - and on Tuesday evening we picked up the complete order of 3 full suits, 6 shirts, 3 dresses and 5 ties for free - for about €1000. Its also worth to mention that this price includes only the finest material - everything we ordered (except the shirts) is made of 50% cashmere, 50% silk. For that material you'd pay in Austria at least €2000 for one suit alone... Have a look on the results:

The suit Mike wanted to have...

Mike with Peter before the final adjustments...

me and Mike dressed up;)

Peter and his crew did really an awesome job, for an unbeatable price and at the speed of light. If anyone is interested in having tailor-made stuff (suits, dresses, shirts, shoes,...) let us know - they ship worldwide. Anyway I would recommend to go there the first time so that they can take your measures, and then you can re-order at any time. 14 days of Thailand + a couple of suits is still cheaper than one suit at home...and very often the Austrian tailor just take the measures and order from Thailand; Mike's last one did that too and this is probably the reason, why it takes them so long to get them ready.




After getting beaten up and dresses in Samui it was time to party again and so we took the ferry to Koh Phangan.

We stayed at Black & White bungalows at Haad Rin beach, were the world famous full moon party takes place. Every evening there are fire shows, games and lots of party on the beach.

One game was to set a pole on fire by breathing fire - I hadn't ever done it with liquids before, but my skills were good enough to win the competition immedieately - have a look:

I even won a bucket of alcohol for that, but I didn't get too much of it because of my thirsty mascot :(

 Well, not all of the contesters did it with so much style as I did...

Borat on fire...

Beside partying every evening I did a wakeboard course for 4 days - really, really cool!!! I think I will continue wakeboarding on the Donausinsel this summer...as well as Muay Thai boxing;)

A gas station on the way...

I'm to sexy for my board...

On Sunday a friend of us we got to know in Rio visited us in Pha ngan. As we had one extra bed in our hotel room...and we got to know each other on couchsurfing, we hosted him for three nights until the full moon party.

Our friend Faou with our mascot;)

The full moon party took place on Thuesday evening...and it was savage. Thousands of people on the beach...in the pouring rain!

me, Faou and Mike

...but as you can see in the next pic, I was in party mood and there was nothing that could have stopped me...

me in party mood

...not even Thai rain. Its not like rain we have back home - its like beeing under the shower...

Mike under the "shower"

The party continued until dawn and around 6am the beach was still full of peolpe. As we had to catch the ferry back to Samui at 11:40 it was time now to go home and say good bye to Pha ngan.

Thailand is really and awesome place to work out, relax and have fun...

Tomorrow we will get on the plane again and fly into the desert...to Dubai.

With this nice shot I say good bye this time and see you soon in the UAE.

Kisses

Jiny