Keep calm and carry on

So as I sit here in 'pranees kitchen' waiting for my first ever real Pad Thai (quite scared) I thought I would write a little update on my first few days. I am considering today as my first day.. Because if I took the days traveling and my half a day yesterday into account I might just turn around and go home now!!!

In heathrow airport I bought a Cosmopolitan magazine and flicked straight to the back to read my horoscope (I normally take little notice of such things, but upon making such a change to my life I thought it might give me a bit of guidance) and Virgo clearly read 'Keep calm and carry on'. At that stage I had no idea just how much that would be necessary.

The long haul flight to Singapore was actually surprisingly ok, 12hours of being fed and watered and watching so many films my eyes hurt is dull, but ultimately not awful. What is awful, when you take off half an hour late, knowing that you only have an hour to get your connecting flight at Singapore, and if you miss it there isn't another one until the next day. I spent most of the journey looking at the little clock thing that says: 'Time to Singapore 4.56 hours' etc whilst fretting about what exactly I would do with 24 hours in Singapore with no where to go and no bag.

But thankfully the pilot put his foot down and with a good finishing sprint from me I made it with 5 minutes to spare, and joined the hoards of Aussie blokes in wife beaters boarding Asia's version of easy jet. 

The airport at koh Samui can only be described as a large shed, but is stunning, the sun was out and I was happy. Nearly there. I got a bus to the ferry terminal and managed to get a ferry leaving shortly after. Result. Except OH MY GOD the ferry was one of the worst experiences of my life. And I LIKE the sea. I managed to get a seat up top, and endured two hours of the boat violently rocking side to side bouncing up smacking down on the waves, one by one the passengers went down and the sick bags came out. It was funny for about 20 minutes. 

Luckily, I managed not to vom and, happy days, made it to the dive school in one peice!! The island is beautiful, the weather is amazing and I am starting my diving course tomorrow :) so yes, despite a few culture shock issues, so far no major disasters.

Oh, and they don't have flushable toilets here. They give you a bucket. Keep calm and carry on..

J x