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I must say that getting out of the city and onto an island (Koh Samet) was the remedy. We did absolutely nothing but so much at the same time. Ya feel me? 

Early that morning we took a cab to Steve and Ida's high-rise apartment. Here's the view from their balcony.

From the apartment we grabbed some chicken and sticky rice and went to the bus station. The bus is crazy; it literally takes everyone to their house before it reaches the destination. It sucks. We stopped about 4,221 times and it took forever. A snapshot of the changing landscape from my seat.
After we reached the pier we learned that the fairy doesn't leave until there are 20 people ready to board the boat. Sweet. We just took a long-ass bus ride, now we have to wait for 16 more people to show up before we can leave. A couple pics from the pier I took trying to kill some time.

At last! On the fairy with beer in-hand. We're happy.

Ida is Thai and she was invaluable on this trip. She did everything, seriously all we did was follow her and she saved us from tourist rip-offs and found us good food on menus we couldn't read. Thanks Ida! 

I've been to many beaches and this one is the best I've ever been to. Hands down. White sand, warm clear-blue water, and a jungle. 

At night like 10 guys do a fire show on the beach where they dip both ends of a stick in kerosine and do all sorts of tricks with it. It looks awesome and it made for some good pics. 

Here's our hotel.

This dog came with us on one of our hikes. (There are stray dogs everywhere in Thailand, even on the islands.) She was a cool mutt. 

I've just uploaded a few videos from Koh Samet so click through on those too. We're in a hostel with wireless right now so I'll try and post one more before we leave for Singapore tomorrow! 

Take care people and thanks for reading.