4. KO SAMUI

4.  KO SAMUI, THAILAND

Hot and muggy!!!  It is still dark out, around 6:30 am.  I am up in the Lido drinking coffee and checking emails.  Bill is still asleep.  He sleeps alot and I try to but just can’t.  We don’t have a shore excursion today.  You have to tender onto the island in big rickety wooden ferry type boats.  We have done this here before.  We decided to just ferry over today and poke around the little village instead of tearing around the island in some vehicle .

I don’t think this is good...but we are getting recognized, by staff, by past travellers.  Yesterday we went to the port lecture in the theatre by Ian.  We had him on another tour sometime in the past.  He is older and British and very funny and totally interesting.  After the lecture Bill hopped into the loo and I was standing outside reading something on the wall.  I felt a tap on the shoulder and it was him.  He said “I have seen you before on one of the Holland cruises!  I want to thank you for coming and laughing at my jokes.  I appreciate it!”  I was stunned!  He sees, and talks to, thousands of people..thousands and he remembered us.  I was talking to Bill about that and we decided that it probably wasn’t good.  I could see it if we were young and astoundingly gorgeous...but we aren’t.  I could see it if we were physically horrible and challenged, but we are not.  At least three times now we have heard “Helen and Bill!!!!”  It would be one of the crew, remembering us.  I think that is due to Bill.  He is always saying crazy and inappropriate things to these guys.  We have run into two couples that apparently we have been on trips with before. Unfortunately I am not one to remember or log trip details and I am afraid I didn’t remember them.  Awkward!!

It is now daylight.  I am going to mail this and report on what we see later.  TTYL