Funny stomach, boat ride and a room with a view

Well yesterday was a funny day, had a big sleep in and a full English breakfast which I don’t think my stomach took to too well. My stomach just felt funny all day, nothing really happened it was just one of those times were you decide it’s best not to venture to far as something could happen and it could be a bit of a problem.
So I had a walk around the local area which was full of overweight middle aged English men with young thai girls. For all those who have been travelling I was in that area. It was not as though I was going in blind though when I found a place to stay there. The British type pubs, the over priced hotels etc etc. You know what I mean like.
Anyway I did drag my sorry arse out for a bit of a ride down the road to a cheap Thai food place for lunch which seemed to help with the stomach. You pack so much rice in not much is going to move it through unless it wants to be moved. That night had a pretty good Pad Thai seafood with Purple tentacles. Now for those who have not been to Thailand the purple tentacles are Squid but sometime they stand in a meal. Very good none the less. So after my cheap Thai meal I went and got two banana pancakes, with condensed milk on top. Beautiful. There goes my waist.
That was pretty much my day, the overpriced room had a TV with sports and movies in English so I watched a bit of crap tv as well. O yes watched the F1 live. Go Jenson. Where are my Ferrari. The next day I was heading off to Ko Pha-Ngan.
Woke up this morning with a lot of mosquitoes in my room, luckily I had only got two bites, I went on a killing spree and managed to get 5 as pay back. So I was feeling good this morning and wanted to do a few miles on the bike so I headed the long way round the island, this would mean I would complete a circuit. Around 30km for the morning and there were hills lots of hills, some steep but it was good to be going up and down. The bike goes up and down pretty good.
With doing the ride I got to see most of the beaches etc even though the main road is in land a bit you can get some nice views from the tops of the hills. The rest of the island pretty much was like where I was staying with restaurants and Hotels right up to the beach front, it ruins the beach front really. I rode the 30km it about 2 hours with breakfast stop.
Had inquired at one of the travel agents the night before to see where to get the car ferry from, now these run every two hours so with my timing I should have got there just before it was about to leave. Got to the wharf where I had been told but they don’t leave from there it’s about 7km down the road. Bugger.
So off I went down the road, the boat was just finishing loading up as I made it, but alas I was too late. So there are some faster ferries that run the same route to so pulled up at the tourist information office, the lady behind the counter said,yes I can sell you a ticket, ok but how much for the bike, you have to check over there. Ok I’ll go and check over there then. But you buy ticket here. Ok I’ll buy ticket from you once I know how much the bike will cost and they can take it.
Right I am going over there to check how much the bike will cost, ok I come with you, and you buy ticket from me. Ok whatever.. So after all of this I cost 200baht the bike cost 150Baht and if I had got the car ferry would have cost me 150 baht all up. Not happy and ok yes we are only talking about a few dollars but that is a few dollars that I could be spending on food.. You can see what rules my world.
Managed to get on the boat in the end, I think I could have got on without paying for the bike, as no one checked if I had a ticket for it or not. They guys on the boat lifted the bike and trailer on so that was sweet. We headed out on our way to Ko Pha Ngan.
Arrived at the pier and had to take bike and trailer off myself, come on people were is the customer service around here. Some girl held my bike while I put the trailer back on and then I was off, looking for Lonely planet recommend place. I knew I had to head north, always heading north I am. Rode passed a few bays and figured that I must have gone passed it even though I had been very vigilant in trying to find it.
Asked a local guy who was passing were I was on the map, I knew I was well passed the place but I was nearly at the top of the island. So U turn and start looking around for something on the way back. Had this local lady who I have named Mum yell to me so stopped, she said she has something for 200 baht, checked out the room, brand new, plastic still on all the plugs and everything. No aircon, but I’ll have to live with that. The room is on the second story with views of the bay. O yes and for all of you in the know, there is a half moon party in two days time so might just stay around for a couple of days.
Meet a guy today who lives up back who is a DJ for the fullmoon parties. It seems that the people who do the full moon parties is different from the guy’s who do the Half moon parties. The half moon are run by the locals but the full moon has a more international flavor.
Ko Pha Ngan is the home of the full moon, half moon and No moon parties so it is really hard to come here and not be able to go to a party. Will see anyway. There are a few travelers around here so will just see what happens.
The next door neighbors are all yoga enthusiasts, meditation is big in this area, so I might become a hippy if I could afford it. 7000baht for a ten day meditation retreat, so you pay them so you can’t talk. They should just get away from tourist areas then they won’t speak English. I have had a couple of days were there was limited conversation.