What I thought would be a pleasant walk along that I knew would be a somewhat rustic trail, turned out to be something more along the lines of unpleasant.
Yeah sure I know a good bit of it is because my physical stamina has taken a nosedive since I got sick, but regardless of the reason, I failed at reaching my goal. But what's worse, I didn't entirely enjoy myself.
Today looking back on it, I thought I might try it again. How could it have possibly seemed so bad? If I wear a different shoes and go a little earlier in the day, it should be fine. But I think I best leave that to people of normal health. LoL
I headed off at 1:30, figuring I would get to the restaurant in about 45 minutes and have some lunch then a swim.
As it turns out, it was much further than I thought so it's a good thing I didn't try to reach the end. A friend of mine from the hotel went and it took him an hour and a half each direction! Much further than I had read elsewhere.
He said there were quite a few beaches along the way, multiple abandoned hotels (sad), and only about three bungalows at the end with the restaurant.
You head through the Good Feelings restaurant past all their, um, belongings that may present as piles of rubbish, and down the trail.
He said there were quite a few beaches along the way, multiple abandoned hotels (sad), and only about three bungalows at the end with the restaurant.
The pipes running along the path feed water to the bungalows 10 minutes down the way on the beach. Light bulb lights the way for those brave enough to walk to the restaurant after dark.
20 plus years ago the path was lit because it led to another hotel where Mom and Steve stayed and there was a bat in their bathroom. LoL
I see in the short distance a giant pagoda pavilion out in the water that has definitely been long abandoned. And then further I see day tour snorkel boats. That must be my destination.
About 10 minutes in I come across five or six bungalows on a nice beach. White sand, turquoise blue water, par for the course here on the island.
It's weird I don't see any evidence of where Mom and Steve's hotel was. It wasn't further than this, was it? No way it could have been. Especially because the end of the beach is a rocky outcrop and there's really no continuance of the path.
So that leads to my next dilema. The bungalow guy said he saw some women clamor over the rocks at the end and said it didn't look very safe but that they didn't return.
At the end of the beach where the Good Feelings bungalows are, you have to climb of these rocks at the end. The path will be evident as soon as you climb up just a little bit.
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Coming down the rocks from the other direction, the pet follows this blue line down to the Good Feelings beach.
As I was climbing down, praying that my feet didn't slip out from under me, Shelly's voice echoed my head "Don't do anything stupid, we're old now." Yeah, I think this counts. :(
Because it was low tide I ended up walking through the water around the rocky outcrop, the one the women climbed over. Then all of a sudden, aha! I could see the path! Up the rocks I went to get to the path. These are definitely not the best shoes for this.
I started to turn to the right to at least see where the path came out on the side where I couldn't find it, but what's the point? Fuck it, I've come this far I'm going to keep going. If the tide comes in I might be screwed. And the way I panic over water this might be a bad idea.
At this point the path, if you can call it that, is just wet rocks. Crap, my sandals decided they are not meant for this at all. Both of them turned sideways on my feet! Omg. Only one scrape on my foot, not bad. WTF am I doing? :( This is not what I thought it was going to be.
LMAO This is the first time my z sandals have failed me so far. They both turned completely sideways on my feet! At this point I really wondering if I should be doing this.
One small cut on my foot, not bad
After the rocky outcropping is where a lot of the plastic and garbage starts. A few places it looks like someone has tried to rake it up, but to no avail. It's not bad at Koh Wai Green itself but meh, the other beaches are better.
There are kayaks for rent out front and one or two of the bungalows look habitable. Hmmm. Yeah "hmmm" is about all the energy I have for that at the moment.
This is at the abandoned hotel. Not completely abandoned
Nope, I need to turn around. Good thing too because my quads are now telling me that they are about to give out. If I don't get back soon I won't be moving at all. Damn. Mitochondrial damage and lack of ATP production (or whatever the fuck) sucks.
I could use a break so I stopped at the Good Feeling bungalow beach and went for a snorkel. Oh, the water was so cool and nice. Super shallow but it was enough to see some fish and have a nice little rest.
10 minutes to get home from there. I took a shower, got dried off (which doesn't last long of course because soon I'm soon dripping in sweat, but hey, I'll take it for a minute), and went straight to the restaurant for something to eat. I'm starving now at 3:30 p.m.
Ahhh, sustenance. Delicious vegetable fried rice never tasted so good
Haven't had my little guilty pleasure in a while. Fanta orange. Can I claim that my blood sugar feels a little low??
