Beaching out…
Friday, December 14th, 2007which goes to both Koh Jam and Koh Lanta – mid-trip the ferry stopped and we were transferred to long-tailed boats.
Koh Jam is definitely a bit rustic – not a ton to do and there is electricity from 6 pm to 12 am. I think most people just sleep here. This one girl that got off the boat with us must have slept like 15 hours a day. So we stayed a couple of days and all we really did was sleep, drink, walk the beach, take a couple of dips in the water and chat with the other people there. We would have stayed longer but the beach was really rocky. Like, we were going into the water with our Tevas on. And that’s not very fun. I mean, we’re picturing the Thailand beaches like in the pictures. So off to Koh Lanta we go…
So we got back on the long-tail boat and caught the Koh Lanta ferry the rest of the way and found our way to the Red Snapper – a restaurant that has rooms for rent in the back that was recommended to us by a couple we had met in Krabi. It was run by a Dutch couple that was really nice – nice rooms and fairly close walk to the beach. And the sand here was much better. So we did what you do in beach towns – lie around a lot. And caught up on some movies – like Pirates of the Caribbean 3 – kind of confusing in my personal opinion…
We headed back to Krabi after several days and went to Ao Nang one day, which is the closest beachy town and then on a snorkelling trip with like 50 of our closest friends. We went on this 4-island deal which turned out to be pretty lame, but what do you expect for 450 Baht. It’s so funny how different people are. I mean, most of the “Westerners” strip-down to your bathing suit, grab some snorkelling equipment, jump in the water and start snorkelling. While the Thai people went in with t-shirts and shorts, life-jackets and stayed in a clump pretty close to the boat. The next island was a bit-better since we were in deep water so you pretty much had to snorkel but the next one you could get to the beach so the majority of the people headed to walk on the beach while we were left to look at the beautiful fishes in fairly shallow water. Let me just say that John, well, he doesn’t really like the deep water. The next island had the most gorgeous sand where we had lunch and the last one was your typical island.
We think next time we’re going to hire out a long-tailed boat and just tell him where we want to go. But we didn’t know – that just means we have to come back!
Anyway, we headed back to Bangkok the next day and stayed at the Asha Guesthouse which was on the Skytrain line so we were able to take a local bus to the Skytrain and then headed to the guesthouse from there. It was pretty cool – we made reservations to stay there again when we come back from Cambodia…
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