we started our morning with so much excitement because we were finally leaving gatsamoe after
three months to get back out there to discover more unseen places in thailand
and we even planned a special adventure to go see a hidden temple up in the mountains
of surat hani however we didn't think our day would end up like this i did try to
follow the gps but no way no way i can get in so there's really no chance there is no chance
so a couple weeks ago we posted a video called stuck on an island and at that time that's how we
were feeling we felt stuck on gotsimui but we've recently learned that we can apply for a travel
certificate as residents of the island where we can leave the island for up to five days and we
do not need to do a pcr test when we return and we do not need to show a vaccination certificate and
that's exactly what we did we went to the health district office in kosovo and applied for it
and it was pretty easy yeah it took us around 10 to 15 minutes and there were lots of people there
applying it the same day what we did is we filled in this form and we put in our date of departure
and our date of return and all we need was to provide them with your passport
copy and my id card and a proof of residence in kosomoi which was like our lease agreement
so that's one of the reasons why we decided to leave gotsimulate is to test out if this
travel certificate is legit because if it is then it'll open up a lot of opportunities for
travel not just for us but also for our friends on the island who are in the same situation
so we took a jeep hop on the ferry and left got somewhere and we are now in the heart of the
city of sugratani so that brings me to the second reason why we left the island and we're now here
is because last time when we were in surat hani we missed a spot on our list there was a temple
on the mountain that we really wanted to check out we really wanted to show you guys but we couldn't
make it there we did try to go there but we took the wrong road and it turned out to be
a very bad muddy dirt road so we got stuck it got to the point that it was unsafe to go any further
so this trip is like a redemption trip we're hoping fingers crossed that we'll be able
to make it there this time there's also one more reason why we left the islands
but you'll have to stay till the end yeah don't tell them let's go grab some coffee yes let's go
so happy to be here this is probably my favorite coffee shop in thailand in the whole of thailand
you haven't been to all of them good point but it's my favorite the whole time
we always enjoy coming to suratani the city itself is just very lively and we always see
tons of people at the night markets at coffee shops and all their different restaurants
and the food is always amazing too so for on this trip we've already had delicious beef noodle soup
japanese ramen and this chinese style grass jelly dessert and today is especially special
because we are back at one of our favorite coffee shops in the city we are at dough's coffee lab
we came here last time but we didn't film this part of our video we just came here because it
was really close to the hotel we were staying last time but we were amazed by how good the coffee is
and we bought some coffee beans home finished that so quickly especially no no loves it so we're
back here to visit get some coffee beans and just enjoy our coffee before we head to the temple this
afternoon and last time when i was here i started reading one of the books that he just put on the
table and i was quite into it and i asked if he's willing to sell it to me and he said oh our books
are not for sale so he decided to give it to me because he said it's more valuable to me than to
him so i promised that i would come back and bring him another book as exchange and that is exactly
what i'm doing this time
i can taste the chocolate but what do i know right about coffee it's really good
though the thing is when i usually drink black coffee with sugar but when it comes to those
i just drink it acid you don't need it right yeah this is already perfect
for your chicken
if you ever come to suratami i highly highly exit if you ever come to suratani i highly recommend
stopping by at do's coffee and just come for a chat like he's really knowledgeable about coffee
and just ask him what do you like hi coffee yeah all kinds of thai coffee from different provinces
the north the south central thailand he has it all so for this trip we wanted
to stay right in the heart of the city so we chose a highly rated budget hotel called blue
monkey hub and hotel we booked the standard room and we were pleasantly surprised at how clean and
comfortable the room was and you wouldn't believe how much we paid only 517 baht which is around
15 us dollars no wonder they were awarded the top choice by travelers on agoda in 2021
wow we're here at the temple now it started raining really hard i think we have to wait a
little bit for the rain to stop those guys just came down though right yeah i just asked them
and they said they didn't get all the way to the top oh it's quite far up yeah i was gonna ask if
how long it would take to walk up okay the only way to find out is to do it ourselves yeah we'll
wait a little bit because it it doesn't appear like it's raining a lot but it is it is boring
as we were driving up we already saw the archway
down there that looks really nice so even if we can't make it all the way up top
i think we can still fly the drone and see it what do you think yeah just have to wait for
the rain well yeah it still depends on the rain it wasn't raining at all during our drive and it
just started raining as we started to go uphill to the temple but at least this time we made it
it shouldn't last yeah rain doesn't really wait i think we shouldn't say it because we might jinx it
so we waited about an hour until the rain stopped and the sun came out now we are ready to head up
to one of the stupas yeah because there are three of them right here in this area there's a gold one
the brown one and the white one yeah i think this road leads to the brown one
yeah it looks like there's only one path going on anyways this place is called ban kaunanai
which is also another name for it is tama park on google map we don't really
know the history of it but if we find out anything we'll let you know let's get going
you can see our car right there these steps are pretty steep
they're pretty steep like each step is like that
they're well built though wow
it's beautiful
it looked like it was going to rain so he actually chose pakoda that was closest to
us which is the brown pagoda and it took only around 10 minutes to get up here
it wasn't too hard but there are some steps that were really steep so be careful it's a really
local spot we don't see that many people here not many tourists there's no entry fee but we do see
these small donation boxes where you can put in 20 baht 50 baht whatever you would like and it helps
with the maintenance of the temple as we mentioned before we missed this spot last time on our trip
and we are so glad that we made it here today even though it was raining in the beginning we waited
out the rain and now the sun is out and the view is amazing so if you come to surat honey next time
make sure to come here it's only around an hour and a half away from the city it is super worth it
come on
oh i hope i don't lose a drone babe
is there any is the screen still working no it's empty i got lots of good
shots where was it was it close by i'm gonna run around okay okay oh no
okay he seems real nervous this time i hope we can get the drone back
so i'm back at the car now and i'm waiting for note i just got a phone call from him
he ran down those stairs ran all the way down the hill towards the street trying to get connection
to the drone but he thinks most likely he has lost it i'm pretty sad about it but i think he's going
to be even more sad so i'm just going to try to keep it together anyways in the beginning we
mentioned that there are three reasons why we left gotsamoy and the third reason is because of this
so have a wonderful day and we'll see you in the next video
you