Humor is when you laugh anyway

January 21, 2024

Long days, short nights. We talked for a very long time. Something is targeting Nina's stomach again. Therefore, breakfast was again excellent for only one of us. The acoustic cover playlist that was playing in the background in the restaurant made us far too sad. Before we started crying, we quickly left the restaurant and went to the beach. After a few steps we sat down in two beanbags at a bar. They were really uncomfortable and had hardly any padding, so Ronja could have sat down directly on the sand. Somber mood, we had to waste another 2 hours until the pick-up service.

“Maybe she’s got a beard now.”

“Do you think they will serve you?” - “Yes, I want that.”

On the way to the hotel (pickup point) we popped into the supermarket again and bought water. Nina tried a packaged banana. When we opened it we saw some mold on one end. The day could and could only get better.

The trip to Koh Samui went well. What we didn't know was that we were SO far out. Our bungalow is in the middle of nowhere. This outside tops everything. The woman at reception was very shocked that we young backpackers wanted to stay here for 6 nights. Already on the ferry we asked ourselves what we were thinking about booking 6 nights straight away and we are sure that we weren't entirely clear-headed at the time of booking. However, our bungalow is relatively clean. And we want to try to enjoy the very beautiful and quiet location over the next few days. It's a contrast to last week. In the first two sentences, the receptionist also recommended that we rent a scooter for the next few days because it was absolutely necessary. She easily got us one (hopefully the helmets too).

After coming to terms with the situation, we decided to go to the only restaurant in the area. We were greeted by friendly Thai people and sat down. The two older couples at the table next to us also cared about us very much and took on the role of our parents for the moment (“if you drive a scooter…. Please be careful! Wear helmets! … Don’t drink alcohol from strangers! …” ). We struck up a small conversation in which we learned about our challenge in understanding fast, British English. Overall, the situation cheered us up a lot and we ended the day with a lot of laughter. We also now know that Hong Kong liquor doesn't really taste good to us but isn't absolutely disgusting either.

We are very grateful to have each other and hold each other when needed. At the same time, we are also so happy that we both feel the way we do and can understand each other so well. This journey connects us in a completely new way and we get to know each other a little more every day.

What we realized today: Living your best life doesn't mean having the best of everything, but making the best of everything.

We are now lying snuggled up in bed with the fan blowing fresh air around our noses and looking forward to a good portion of sleep.

Until tomorrow

Ronja & Nina