My time in this resort is ending in about 6 days and to be honest I think I’m ready to go. I mean, the place is beautiful with its foliage surrounding the bungalows and the sound of waves breaking in the distance, but generally I feel a little bit locked in. Everywhere I turn there is someone around me to the point that I feel like I can’t just hang out on my front porch without feeling that I’m being strange. I guess I think that I’m being judged by not spending my time doing all the touristy things that a person at the resort should do—did that make sense?

Besides feeling like people are judging me for being boring, I must admit that I am also kind of bored. My goal on this trip was to experience culture, but where I am is really not that close to being in a cultural environment. I’m a tourist and there is no way around it. I think if I were in a bigger city I would be able to shun touristy things and try my best to blend in with the locals.

There are some things that I still need to do before I leave here. First I want to go on a tour of popular islands around the area. I’ll probably book it for tomorrow morning. It should be fun from what I’ve read about people who have actually done it. The second thing I want to do, but I’m not sure that I can is find a place that has a ‘package’ is to go trekking in the mountains. The jungle around here is closer to being the real thing than I’ve seen in quite some time and I’ve got this urge to hike. The problem is, is that I haven’t seen anything that suggests that this is even possible so I’m not sure if I can do it or not.

The last thing I have to take care of is where I’ll go when I leave here. I’ll still have about two weeks in Thailand before my visa expires and I don’t want to leave. I’m planning on spending a week in Krabi and a week in Bangkok.