Yesterday was my last day laying low in Jomtien.  I worked a little and had a late breakfast.  I debated having breakfast by the beach and spending the whole day there or near my apartment and going to the beach later.  I opted for later.  Good thing.  It poured rain for an hour or so and I was safely working in a restaurant instead of on the beach.

I was concerned about how I would check out of the apartment and get my deposit back since they were closed yesterday and wouldn’t reopen until after I had left today.  I tried to book a private taxi to Bangkok so I could leave later than the bus, but it would cost quite a bit more.  That didn’t work out so I bought a bus ticket anyway.  I decided to go call the number on the apartment rental office door.  As I walked by, one of the guys was in there and I told him my checkout problem.  He just came in to pick up something he had left and I was lucky to catch him.  I got checked out and got my deposit back.  How’s that for your “life takes care of me story” of the day?

I ran other errands like printing travel plans, getting a bus ticket and getting water.  That took up quite a bit of the day.  I spent a couple hours at the beach reading and then went to dinner with Chris.  I feel much healthier than when I arrived which is good because I already have a lot already planned and booked for the next few days – two days of diving and a day and a half of rock climbing.  I hope I have the strength after being sick and losing so much weight.  I’ve lost close to 15 pounds since I moved to Thailand and I feel like most of it is muscle.  Time to rebuild!

Today I left on the 7:00am back to the airport in Bangkok.  The 8:00 bus may have been early enough, but I just didn’t want to risk traffic.  The bus only went to one airport and of course my flight was out of the other one so I wanted to make sure I had plenty of time to get across Bangkok.  I took a taxi from one airport to the other and it took quite a bit longer than I would have expected.  Still, I got there way too early.  Then a flight to Krabi.  Another longer than I expected taxi ride and got to the guesthouse I’m staying at around 4:00pm.

Just the taxi ride to the guesthouse and this place is beautiful.  Why couldn’t I have been placed here?  I could live here.  It is quite touristy where I’m staying, but I’m a tourist for now.  I checked in at the guest house and then walked to the dive shop to check in.  After that I went to the beach (Ao Nang) just as it was getting dark.  I’ve been on vacation for over 2 weeks now and this is the first time I’ve felt like I’m on vacation.  Yay!  I’m on vacation!

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