Category: Koh Chang

When I was growing up I would often go to the city (San Francisco). Sometimes I will go to fisherman’s wharf area and there was a place where the old Italian men were playing bocce. I didn’t know anything about the game but I was intrigued. Now I’m in Thailand and because of a good friend I am able to play the game several times a week and learn some Italian as well. At the end of this blog you can see a video, explaining how the games played and showing some very good and some very poor players. It’s all in good fun.

Adding to the video below, each person gets 3 bocce balls so the maximum score on each toss is 3 (the closest to the red target ball).

A few days ago I was talking to a good friend about our situation in this pandemic whatever it is. They said to me, “do you realize how many people would love to be in your situation, on an island in Southeast Asia where you’re able to travel around and do a lot of interesting things?“ My response was, “how many people are there in the world?“ They responded, “about 7 billion“. I said, “ then I guess there would be about 7 billion people who would love to be in my situation“. Here are some recent photos and situation’s.

I tried to count how many times I moved in my life and I think I got to 32 but I really have to go back and do a more careful Accounting. Anyway I’m in my new digs and I find it very pleasant, away from the tourist areas of the island and very quiet. Many of these photos are related to my new place but some are not.

Breakfast: muesli, yogurt and pineapple fresh from the garden

Calm seas are great for swimming but it is also great excitement watching the stormy waves come in from far away and bring all sorts of life to the beach.

Gee found a Hula Hoop. Wow, haven’t seen one for sooooooo many years. Then she went into her moves and shook up the whole community (kidding). She did an admirable job. So, not only does she make a great coffee every morning, along with soy milk and pumpkin juice, she can also hippy-hippy-shake.

When the unusual approaches your hangout it is curiosity that leads to investigation. In this case it was a big jelly lying on the beach. This was a big one, relative to the jellies generally floating in the area. At least jellies don’t jump out of the water and stick holes in your ears as the fish did to Paul several months ago.

People from all over the world, some families not only having traveled to many countries but originating from several countries, enjoy the universal KAWABUNGA challenge. Rains come and go and cool off the day and make the trip more beautiful and interesting than a totally sunny day (how boring). This is the trip from Koh Mak back to Koh Chang, Thailand. I joined the round trip at Koh Mak for the one way trip back to Koh Chang. I was staying on Koh Mak for 5 days just getting away from the small community (sardine can). After one year on Koh Chang it really feels good to get away now and then.

These Peacocks come out of their yard, walk in the streets looking for food, much like the dogs all over Thailand. They get food, all right, though maybe not the kind they need for a healthy body. Someone knows about that, not me. Well, one morning the Peacock came to Gee’s coffee station looking for something to eat so we provided something.

Fifa tries her paws at catching very nimble crabs outside Chang Bar, Koh Chang, Thailand. We all sit, have a drink and watch her go for it. She kept at it for about 10 minutes but I cut the video down. We were rooting for……(my lips are sealed).