After travelling across the island in a minivan the girls were ready to enjoy the sparkling waters that Thailand is renown for. We set off on a lovely boat, licenced for 10 guests but carrying 14... we were in for the quite the day! The driver Gordon, whom we nicknamed captain, set off and took us through the light blue shimmery waters to an authentic fish market in the middle of the bay. It was quite the site; composed of two planks of wood nailed together next to each other, with these then nailed together in a grid like fashion it was like nothing i had ever seen, each square in the grid had fish nets holding the fish in. There was an array of seafood from fish, crabs, and lobsters to tropical fish for aquariums and sharks, it was quite the site! We were able to look around at the fisherman's home in the middle of the ocean and gained a little glimmer into the lives of a Thai fisherman. A basic way of living however captain did highlight that the fisherman was not struggling financially as his fish are sold off all over the island to resorts and markets and that he makes quite a decent living with one particular fish going for 20,000 baht ($800 approx) not too long ago. With two lobsters purchased and authentically cooked we hit the waters again and made our way down to the river. The river and fish markets had all been destroyed during the tsunami which killed around 10,000 Thai people. We reflected briefly as we were told about the new infrastructure around us, which had been lost.
Cruising down the river, the captain blew his whistle and within minutes we were looking at cute little monkey's in the trees. A few moments later and whilst I had turned to grab some bananas to feed them, the monkeys boarded the boat. I turned around and nearly leaped out of my skin as two monkey's were sitting next to me reaching over for the food. The other chickens from the hens day had already made their strategic jump backwards and out of the monkey's way and were well into laughing about it. I think i was still in shock and also thinking in my head 'please don't bite me, i don't want rabbis'! I laugh at how my mind works sometimes!! Before long several more had boarded and we were caught up in the mayhem of it all! Monkeys eating everything and even sipping some beer! Craziness! We then set off for some more cruising and the monkey's got off the boat and swam back to their families. The mother of the bride and i hit the kayak's and headed to land for more booze for the group of chicken's. Once back on board we continued cruising until deep water then jumped in ourselves for a bit of a swim. It was honestly a picture perfect moment. We boarded the boat and set off for our own patch of deserted island. We chatted and chilled in the water then came aboard for a smorgase board of food, seafood and Thai curries galore, it was amazing! As we were finishing up the food, the weather took a turn for the worse! 14 chilled out chicken's on a hens day turned into quite the site! Drown rats would be an understatement. We were soaked through with the rain coming in sideways! We ended up cutting the trip home short and i was thankful to be on dry land; the last 20 minutes on the boat seemed like hours!! Back on dry land we were safe and could finally laugh about being soaked! Before we got picked up Helen, Mel's mum, made a special attachment with a dog named bobby, who wanted to love her whole body sick! It was hilarious!
After we got back from the hens day and bucks night, Brett and i piked on everyone and went to bed without dinner. I had a case of the good old 'chocked up tummy' and he had the opposite. Feeling worse for wear we slept it off which turned out to be a good thing as the day of the wedding was a busy one indeed!!My Brett and i joined the boys and Sam, Brett's niece, and headed off to the shooting range in the morning before the wedding. I used a shot gun which just about threw me backwards a little bit. It was heavy and the blow to the shoulder a little unexpected. It was a rush of adrenaline that's for sure! The boys did an amazing job in terms if their accuracy. The first bloke to use the shot gun in the group was named Andy. He scared all of us with the massive bang! Only he was wearing 'protective' headphones and the rest of us were left jumping out of our skins with the massive blast. It was crazy. None of the guns were chained down or anything, it was a crazy free for all and i simply hoped that the other guests at the range had sane mental health and didn't turn around and go crazy!! We made it out alive and the groom Brett made it back in plenty of time for the big day.
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