The Sunshine Resort had the romantic remoteness we didn't get in Koh Chang. A simple yet clean and bright bungalow set in a landscaped garden steps from a beautiful almost deserted beach. Happy days!
Remote as it is, the next morning we rented a scooter to explore this wonderfully under developed island. We visited waterfalls, floating villages, abandoned resorts with crazy hippy squatters, and a myriad of beautiful but alas littered deserted white sand beaches.
After a blissful few days in the Sunshine, it was time to head into town. We stayed at Mark's House, the room was cheap and I'd like to say cheerful but they didn't just fail to clean the room during our stay but told us to clean it ourselves, this in a country where you cannot flush the toilet paper....
Anyways, we rented another bike and found what Mark's House lacked in character it made up for in location. Just off the main road we were able to easily traverse the west coast and some parts in land. Driving a scooter in Koh Kood is great fun, the sun is shining, wind in your hair and barely anyone else on the road.
We spent our days mooching about the island and our evenings enjoying the fabulous food at The Fisherman's hut and drinking and dancing at the road side beer huts. Including drinking cocktails at a beach bar with some staff from the fancy Soneva Kiri whilst watching a rather good fire show.
Then it was time to take a ferry and a bus back to Bangkok, where we spent longer than expected in the classic cinema themed Playhaus Thonglor. We had returned to the city to apply for visas at the Vietnamese embassy which, due to Songkran (New Year) celebrations, processing was delayed, leaving us to get soaked at the street parties and pay a fine upon departure for overstaying for 2 days, oops!
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