Photo of the Week 42

This week I am back in my home away from home, Koh Tao. It took 35 hours in transit that consisted of a 23 hour plane ride and a 12 hour bus-and-ferry combo. En route, at the ferry port town of Chumphon, I realized I hadn’t shot anything in the past seven days that would qualify as Photo of the Week. So as the sun came up I ran around like a crazy person snapping away until the ferry arrived. Surprisingly, I’m quite pleased with the results.

You know what? It feels really good to be back.

Photo A

The fishing boats are just coming in after a long night on the water as the bus arrives in at the Chumphon docks. This old pot looks like it could be a set prop in a Disney theme park, but here in Thailand it’s just an abandoned decoration.

Photo B

I loved watching the sun come up behind the hills as the fishermen unloaded their haul of the night’s squid.

Photo C

I’m not certain, but I believe that this bamboo shoot extending from the boat’s side is to hold the nets that catch the squid. See the lights dangling from the beams? Those are used to attract the catch to the boat.

Photo D

And finally, a rickety path I have walked so many times before… the dock that takes me to the ferry that takes me to Koh Tao. A lot of emotions saddled to these slats of rotting wood.

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Quick note: Thank you to those that have inquired about my well being after bombings this weekend in Thailand’s deep south. I am deeply saddened by the violence that continues to haunt that region but it is a fairly concentrated “danger-zone” and we are very safe here in Koh Tao. Unfortunately when tragedies like this (and the unprecedented February bombings in Bangkok) happen, the tourism on which this country’s economy so heavily relies suffers. So to those considering travel to Thailand: avoid the media hysteria, do your research, be aware, and then come join the 20 million happy tourists that travel here each year. You won’t regret it.

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