Kapas

When we arrived at the pier to catch a ferry to Kapas Island, it looked abandoned. Some people told us the island was closed because of monsoon season. Disappointed we walked back to the bus stop when a local asked us if when wanted to go to the island. He explained he was the owner of one of the guesthouses and planned to sail there the day after to prepare the place for the tourist season. He told there were 3 places already open for costumers but there weren't any tourist at the moment. If we wanted we could go with him to the island. We decided to stay overnight and embark his ship the next day. The captain was 2 hours late but we made it to the island.

The guy showed us his bungalows. It was clear they were not ready yet for the season. The bathroom was so dirty and food from last season still laying around, we decided to check one of the other places. We found a bungalow build against a cliff on a small private beach. The owner was a local lady with 2 children, the daughter was her trainee because she should soon take over the business. This was really good for us because the girl got cooking lessons from her mom and we always had to try her new creations. In the evenings we got a romantic decorated table from where we could watch the sunset. To make this idyllic picture complete, they brought some kittens from the mainland, which Caro fell in love with. The proud father of the cute kittens, got a rival from the neighbors. Jeff got truly unlucky getting between them while they were fighting. By accident he got bitten by the neighbors cat. He was stressing out, afraid of rabies. The next day he went to the mainland to see the doctor. Thankfully the Doctor could calm him down by telling him that there isn't any rabies on the island.

The women from the bungalows told us that there is a beautiful jungle trek to the other side of the island. After a few days of doing nothing we decided that it is maybe a good idea to get up and do the jungle trek. We walked along the beach to get to the trek. Suddenly we heard some rustling noise. We looked around and saw a huge lizard, it was more than 1,5 m long. It was starring at us and we starred back, it took us a while to get out of our trance and as we grabbed the camera, this huge animal was already running away. 

After 15 minutes we stopped and turned around because we were attacked by mosquitoes. It was not like here a mosquitoes and there a mosquito, no it was a swarm following us, stinging through our cloths and sitting in our faces. We figured out that maybe it is better to stick to our laziness.