After a month on the bikes we'd had enough and decided to spend our last days in paradise. For us, that was the island of Koh Pha Ngan, just off Koh Samui. At a resort with a hut right on the beach, we spent three days putting ourselves back together like we hadn't in a long time.
We ate a coconut we found on the beach, swam in crystal-clear water, hiked up the nearest hill, and Kika even got some work done.
On the way to the airport, we still managed to fit in a water-taxi trip in Bangkok, and completely by chance we stumbled on a local garden with hanging bridges and enormous lizards.
We're already looking forward to going home to some skiing, but we'll definitely miss Southeast Asia.