Carole finally finished her 21 hour journey from Geneva to Koh Chang and it’s great to see her here. We obviously have very international schedules – in the last twelve months we have met up once in Vietnam, once in Swanley (less international…..) and now here in Thailand. The weather had been perfect but Carole decided to bring a bit of rain – and just as she set foot on Koh Chang soil, the Gods celebrated her arrival – either that or they were very angry with her. The storm was monumental. I have never seen so much continual lightning which appeared to circle round and round for over three hours. The road to the hotel from the ferry is very windy and hilly and due to the red soil been washed across the road in torrents, it took her an age to get here. The storm went on for three hours. But on a positive note, Carole is in a pool access room next to me so we can swim round to each other’s room from our own little pool platforms – which since the arrival of our lilo’s (more of which later) we have christened our docking stations. But Carole’s first night was a quiet one - after the thunder stopped of course! We ate in the hotel restaurant which is good, but we discover our major problem – the why why is outrageously expensive.
