Koh Chang

Leaving Cambodia for a white sand island we ended up in Koh Chang. We did like our three days on Koh Chang even though we found the people to be unfriendly and spoilt by tourists. For Thai standards the island is quite expensive and the high number of tourists spoils the original laid back island atmosphere (big resorts, rip-off souvenir shops, wanna-be-upmarket shops). In our opinion Koh Chang is not a backpacker's island anymore.

Nevertheless, we spent a wonderful day on the beach and two days exploring the island by motorbike. We also did find a relaxed beach side restaurant (Nune & Ja) which served excellent food at resonable prices. This was the place where we had the best fish (red snapper) in a long time.

Marcus was happy to discover an airfield and took the opportunity to talk with the local pilot but politely declined going up for a ride in the somewhat beaten up ultralight. Instead we crossed the road to visit the local elephant camp where we had the chance to play with two baby elephants.

Our last day took us on an adventureous road to a secluded beach on the southern tip of the island. This is maybe the last spot on the island where you could actually escape the tourist croweds.

Then it was off to Bangkok.