I arrived safely after a 9 hour flight from Brisbane to Bangkok. I was on the last plane to leave Australia in May 
With only 90mins to disembark my flight and board the connecting segment it left me no time to shop DUTY FREE, actually it nearly made me miss my connecting flight to Koh Samui. However I made it and after a short 1 hour flight I arrived at 9am local time and the moment I walked off the plane got hit with an unbearable heat wave. The humidity h
ere is well expected for the tropics but ARGH! I spent most the morning trecking the streets of Koh Samui -carrying my huge backpack- looking for a place to stay. After about 4km of walking into places that were far above my price range I reluctantly took a taxi ride with a dude that could only say ‘yar’ and ‘mmmm’. However it did have air-con which was a welcome relief! After about $30 AUS of driving I finally found a place for only 400Batt a night which is about 12bucks so not too bad.But you get what you pay for. I’m in a bungalow with only a fan to cool me, on the plus side I have a double bed with pillows and sheets and a couple of bath towels. There is only a cold shower (no hot water here!) I was at first a bit worried about this then I realised that even the cold water isn’t cold enough to stop the humidity! So after a cold shower I went walking again without my backpack and hired a little motor scooter thing..... this is where the story gets interesting!
For 270Batt a day you can hire one of these little things and petrol is dirt cheap! So I jumped on and took it for a spin, top speed of 85km/ph, I was actually impressed. I spent 6 hours exploring shops, roads and sights, had a great afternoon. Then I went to get my hair cut HAHAHA I’ll put a video together because words just don’t cut it! (no pun intended)
Then on my way home I spotted a great ‘night spot’ and I found a sweet Irish pub. I went to have a look and got overrun by female Asian bartenders wanting to come for a ride. So I was like sure, gota get to know the locals right? This one girl told me to call her Banana so from here on in thats her name. Turns out banana can speak a moderate amount of English so we went cruising for about 15mins, I went back and another girl got on, this one couldn’t speak a word of English so I took her about 200meters down the road then came to an intersection where I wanted to turn right and make a u-turn. Now I had right of way, I was clear to the front, the right, the left and so I went BUT........
Road rules mean NOTHING here in Thailand, a red light is barely a reason to slow down, no one wears bike helmets, there are no speed limits, the roads are covered in pot holes and indicators are blatantly IGNORED... a great concoction for something to go wrong. And it did. As I went to turn some European dude came from behind at about 60km/ph, T-boned me and I went flying. The girl on the back saw it coming and bailed a split second before the accident.
So here I am lying in the middle of the intersection with horns beeping, people staring and my head spinning. I managed to get to my feet, and the second Thai girl took me back to where I picked her up from. Now when I got back I was covered in blood, I managed to land on my right side saving my head but my right leg and arm were pretty messed up, my left side thankfully 100% intact. This is where Banana becomes cool. She looked at me then disappeared only to return 5mins later with a brand new first aid kit and wow Thai people are so caring! Unfortunately pure alcohol doesn’t feel great on open wounds, and when you’re lying on a bar table you are pretty open to passersby on the street staring. Now about 2 hours later followed by antiseptic wipes bandages and some sort of antiseptic cream I’m all bandaged up lying on my bed with my hand swelled to the size of a big marble my shin purple and black and my foot throbbing.
It’s my first day away from Australia, my first time in Thailand and my first day on a 365 day trip around the world and I’m already bruised and battered. Give it 3 days and I’ll be up and running at full steam again.
As for now I’m signing out for some sleep.
