Parasailing today?

So get up early on this, our last day in Pattaya and put on our swim wear and head out to breakfast. On our way back we decide instead to catch a bus to the next town instead. Such flexibility of plans! There is a system to the parasailing that while not confirmed, looks like it would take hours on the water (parasail jail) to get a 15 minute ride in the low visibility skyline. I am not inclined to sit in the sun like that waiting my turn, then waiting other peoples turn for our boat to take us back into shore....

So we enquire about the bus. We have to take a taxi to the bus which will take us to the town then we take a tuk-tuk to the ferry to get to the island of Ko Sichang. Seems like a lot of transfers. So we find a taxi to take us to the ferry. That is the way I like to travel, no waiting for others, just get in and go. We had a 40 minute ride for about $20 door to door and only had half an hour to wait for the ferry. Perfect!

While we are waiting, a fellow name Walter from Taiwan asked us where the ferry was going, how soon it left and how long the ride was. I wonder if he thought we looked like we knew. Apparently we did! We knew when the ferry left and how much it was, $40 Baht, abotu $1.30 and made the leaping assumption that it couldn't be too far for that price....And it wasn't. It came to a Baht a minute, same as internet cafes.

When we got to the island we found a tuk-tuk with an English speaking driver and headed up the hill to the only thing we knew about on the island, Pan & David's Restaurant, well written up in the Lonely Planet Guide. We figure we will have lunch and plan our visit from there. Heading up the hilll we see Walter and he asks where we are going. To Lunch of Course! He joins us. It was a very nice lunch and Walter ordered whatever Victor ordered, in this case, smoked salmon.

We arranged for our driver to return in an hour and he did. The three of us then toured the island together. Our driver would take us somewhere, then leave for a bit then come get us.... He showed us every lodging place on the island. Half way through our tour Walter got a call and went back to the harbor while we continued checking out the little island. We decided to stay at the cabins behind the restaurant so we were onsite for dinner. He took us back there and we checked in, put on our swimming suits and took advantage of our waterfront lodging. The driver said we had to go to the proper beach. We thought it was more like a jail beach and stayed right where we were.