Thailand island travel adventures
One major yoga vacation lesson from today however, is to never do an intense class hours before needing to lug everything you have.
I’ve been in this isolated nook on Koh Phangan in the Gulf of Thailand known as Haad Thien. Magazine-cover beautiful, but difficult to reach. It even proved more difficult to leave. And not just because it’s such a relaxation-inducing place.
A longtail boat off Koh Phangan on a sunny day By Sonja Bjelland
Storms set in this week bringing rain and stirring the seas.
That meant a treacherous ride and fewer longtail boats taking the tourists out of Haad Thien and leaving me to haul my pack over the rocky finger separating the beach I was at to a beach with more hotels. Fortunately, one of my new friends carried my daypack – heavy itself. I thought to myself, it’s days like this that it’s a good thing ate all that food in Germany.
This started to ruin my yoga bliss from the 2-hour Vinyasa class I took at 8 a.m. But the rest of the journey may have proved that I needed yoga to start my day.
The workers on the boat hoisted my pack into the boat and I got so wet I was glad I had on my swimsuit. After one wave knocked the boat back the driver managed to beat the next swell and off we went.
Soaked by rain and seawater, the boat pulled into the rocky attempt of a dock and my biceps went to work again. Soon I had a ticket on a ferry heading to the mainland and a few more chances to work out my arms.
I still have about another day of traveling before I reach my destination. That’s one of those quirks about reaching an isolated destination. There’s usually a reason not so many people are there. But as you’ll read next, sometimes it’s worth the effort.
