We decided to take a quick weekend trip to Koh Chang. It was Me, Oona, Lori, Janelle, Stig, Noah & Carson. Woke up friday morning bright and early with the hopes of leaving at 6am, in actuality we left about 6:30 am. Consequently we missed the early morning bus, but luckily there was on an hour and a half later so we just got a long breakfast. It was Stig's birthday and we sang to him bright and early and had him unwrap his lovely present from Oona (the wrapping was fantastic if you ask me. It consisted of bubble wrap, computer coupons, massive amounts of tape, and the outside was decorated with scissors, his old phone, a watch, a yarn bow, chopsticks and some other nonsense) Finally on the bus we snacked on bread and nutella and then I fell asleep...one of my talents I'm really grateful for is my ability to fall asleep just about anywhere at anytime. Got to the dock, took a ferrry, then a taxi and arrived at the lovely Siam Hut Resort (I promise it wasn't as fancy at it sounds). We put our bags down and ran to the beach to enjoy the rest of the sun. The water felt amazing, it's been so hot in Thailand the last few weeks. 
It took the boys a few tries to get their 3 man totem pole, but they were so proud once they got it. We attempted a 4 person one but failed miserably. There was the chicken fight which was arguably won because of garlic breath, that's an unfair advantage if you ask me. And don't the boys just look wonderful in their newly purchased speedos. As we were getting out the boys found a deal jellyfish and thought that it would be funny to put it on Oona's head, she didn't think it was that funny but we all laughed about it later. We then showered and got ready to go out and discovered that our bungalows came with a community pet. We walked outside and there were two cow/water buffalo/ bull (it's still in debate) animals just hanging out, laying in and munching on the grass. I pet one. It really wasn't that exciting, he ignored me. Then we got dinner at this really good little restaurant fully equipped with a monkey to play with while you were waiting for you food. Now this was much more exciting than the water buffalo. He stole Stig's orange party ribbon, and we definitely didn't get it back. The monkey was sweet as long as you weren't trying to take it away from him. He eventually fell asleep in mine and Lori's lap. I ordered a pumkpin curry that was SO GOOD. WE then wandered to a Reggae bar with live music. It was there that the real night began with buckets, ice fights, straw competitions, another wonderful happy birthday song to Stig and once again being the loudest and most obnoxious crowd in the place. We then wandered back to Siam Hut where the night continued with more buckets, loud music, gossip, some man love, boob pillows, Fins and much more ridiculousness. The night ended about 3am when we got back to the Bungalow and Lori, Janelle and I cuddled under our lovely mosquito net (that wasn't really effective).
Saturday we decided to rent motorbikes. Wonderful idea, with some later realized flaws. We began heading one direction, then Lori decided she wasn't up for driving so we headed back to return her bike. She hoped on the back with Noah and then we took off in the opposite direction. The road were crazy steep and winding, it was definitely interesting. One turn got the best of Oona, she kinda just tipped over, but she brushed herself off and got right back up and on our way. This cause a short delay so the others were waiting at a little store when we got there. What was supposed to be a quick stop turned into a 5 hour delay. Carson lost his key, but found another key that he thought was his, then the key hole got covered so we took it to a shop and they got it opened for us, but the key still didn't work. So long story short we drove back to the rental place, got a new key and were on the way again, but during our wait we had a lovely little lunch where we were fortunate enough to come across some disher and beep.
We ordered it for Carson and stole a little bite and it was wonderful, but the point is those two words then took over our trip. Oona and Noah being the main culprits, but it was entertaining. They've come to mean everything and nothing at the same time.
After much delay we were back on our way. We stopped and swam for a little at White Sand Beach where Oona found a "toenail" and her reaction was really funny and Janelle discovered the "world's smallest shell" and Carson refused to swim because apparently that requires you getting wet, who knew? We also stopped at a view point where we saw this fantastic tourist warning sign. The best rules to follow: Scribble in the range (if any of you can translate that to mean anything productive let me know), Shooting package, point cracker (again, point cracker? I haven't heard of those yet), Buzz scandal, and our personal favorite...you aren't allowed to bring your Destruction Button. I'm really curious as to one, what that is referring to, and what happened that they felt the need to include this on the list of forbidden items.
Another fun night, including the bat/balloon that Oona mistook for person and part of her roof that fell off in the middle of the night. Then Sunday Noah got a tatoo, the girls enjoyed the beach and some swimming and then we were headed back to the ferry. The ferry ride was really pretty, it had just gotten dark and the weather we perfect outside. We had some time to kill before the bus ride so we went to a market where I played rock paper scissors with two little thai boys for at least 20 minutes, they were adorable. Then the bus ride home, slept through the whole thing again. We got to Bangkok, got off the bus (it almost drove off with Carson) and then took a taxi home.
It was a wonderful weekend full of mango shakes, beep, disher, Bam Boo, lost keys, motor bikes, buckets, speedos, fun fun, loud lizards, and tattoos. and HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND STIG!
ps, question of the week: does anyone know what the particular name is for a duck's foot? This was brought up at least 3 times and none of us could remember, you're assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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