I am writing this sitting in a van, as we make our way across green and sunny southern Thailand to the island of Koh Phangan. Kenzie and I spent the first 3 nights of our journey in Ao Nang, Thailand, after a chaotic 36 hour stretch of straight travel from DC. (This included 27 hours of flights and layovers, a taxi ride, over an hour waiting at a random bus stop on the side of the highway, and a four hour van ride that I had mistakenly made our pickup point for an hour from the airport.) After realizing we did NOT have time to make it to our bus after landing, we luckily managed to get picked up last second somewhere closer. Shout out to the two friendly info desk workers who translated directions for us onto a piece of paper from our stressed customer service agent over the phone who we couldn’t understand. So thankful for friendly people, maybe this is a sign we need to learn some Thai 😂.

When we finally made it to our hostel in Ao Nang, it was past 10 pm. Somehow, ignoring our extreme exhaustion, we decided to venture out to see the town at night and grab a meal. We stumbled upon this little street food hub called RMC and chowed down on some spicy green curry and pad thai.

Our bus stop on the highway

RMC food vendors in Ao Nang