With 2 goals, 1 to see the island, 2 to stay out of the sun a bit, we decided to scoot down south (the goal we originally had the day we ended up on the east side of the island.)
We stopped along the way for breakfast, drinks, and spent a good chunk of time at a beach side bar which had some umbrellas and loungers on the sand. My routine was, have a dip, sit in the chair till the wind dried off the water, then have a dip. I kept that up for a good while, Amy and Jen played cards and used the free internet… eventually we took off to find some food and ended up at a really nice place.
Our road eventually became a bumpy dirt mess, and we trucked on for a while, but we wanted to hit the pool before it closed so we turned back. Jen spotted monkeys and we stopped for pictures… after a night time swim we had a couple of drinks to cool off before hitting the hut. This time Jen had her own hut, a much nicer, ocean view, working fan hut.
Well, being that it was check out day, I figured I would check and see if maybe the water had cleared up it’s little jelly fish issue. It had! We spent a huge amount of time swimming around, trying the water proof camera Amy bought for me back in Laos, walking up and down the beach, etc… eventually we figured we should go check in to our new place.
We loaded our bags on our backs and bellies and took off on the scooters. When we rolled in to the resort, we were greeted with fresh pineapple juice and were escorted to our cozy hut bungalow. An extra bed is 300 baht, and a hut is 400, so our plan was to get 2 huts, but the first night they were all booked up so we all squeezed into the little bungalow, tucked way at the back in the jungle.
It wasn’t long before we were back in the water at our new beach. The resort is located at the north end of the island on a little delta, and you almost feel like you are on your own little private island. Our new beach is kind of like Rathtrevor where the sand bar goes out forever, making the water even warmer. In fact, on a hot day, you cant even find a cool bit of water to refresh yourself. The infinity pool is hot, the ocean is hot, the shower is hot, the shade is hot….
Towards the end of the day it was clear we had a little too much sun. We had dinner at a little roadside stand which had the best shakes ever, and headed back to our much to warm, cooled only by a broken fan, bungalow.
