Koh Pitak and farewell Lang Suan

While Steven was gallivanting and enjoying the life of a hobo, I was at school sending our CV’s to different schools and language schools. One big lesson that we have learned is NOT to work through an agent and to NOT do your TESOL course through a company that is only interested in making profit. IF you are serious about finding a good job rather go through a language school like ECC or SIAM than going through companies calling themselves things like “Asia adventures” or something similar. TESOL companies pop up in Thailand like mineworkers at a Christmas dinner. And they are also only interested in feeding themselves. They will probably promise you placement at a school – which they do get you, but it is usually with dodgy agents. Anyhow, I got us a job in Phuket (WHOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO) with ECC for the remainder of the school term at Anubhan Phuket - which meant we had to leave on the Saturday.

This was very good but very sad news. We started to enjoy our stay in Lang Suan and we also started to make great friends. Our very good friend gave us a great farewell present (and birthday present for me). She paid for us to spend the Friday afternoon until the Saturday morning on a small fishing island about one kilometer from the land called Koh Pitak. ( all of the people you see in the photos are Thai and cannot speak a word of English, and Steven and I could only count and say "hello" and :goodbey" in Thai - and yet we had the greatest conversations throughout the night with everyone.)

Here are some photos:

We spent the whole night with Thai people that could not speak a word of English, we ate fried fish on sticks, soup that will let you $H!* fire for a week, crabs and all sorts of other weird things, and we played card games with our new-found friends (try learning a new card game when the people teaching you speaks a language that you can only say “hello” in). But alas Steven and I got the hang of it and actually tripled our 50 baht in our wallets. And because it was my birthday Steven and I had the honor of sleeping in the only available room while the rest had to sleep on the deck outside. This is what it looked like:

 

 

 

Koh Pitak is the epitome of simplistic living. there are about 50 people on the entire island. The island is about 2 square kilometers. Al lthe houses are made of wood and are on stilts - as you see in the picture. There is one cable that provides the houses at the shore line with electricity and no where else on the island is electricity or running fresh water. All the supplies you need needs to be brought from the main land. 

The next day we left early and Sirinan (our dear Thai friend) took us for coffee the next day and dropped us of at the bus station. Here is a picture of the 3 of us:

And of we went to Phuket, with a dustbin, stove, 3 massive suitcases, 2 big washing bowls, a kettle, iron, 2 pillows, and a newly bought blanket (oh ja, and almost no money..) Whooohooooo!!!!!!