We’d come to Khao Sok national park because we bumped into a young German woman who said it was lovely. She was right. But I was the one who found the restaurant just down the road, where they did rice and two curries for 100 baht, one of which turned out to be probably the […]
Buddha monkeys and more Read More »
There’s worse views to have from your balcony. So, we left the hotel and went down to the 7-11, where we’d been told all the tuk-tuks hung out in the morning. Not a tuk-tuk to be seen. Oh. And we had a bus to catch, on t’other side of town. Virle got onto Grab. No
Back in the jungle Read More »
Pretty low bar but. Following up our recent bruising experience with Tigerline Ferries, we took what looked an even scrappier boat for our trip to Krabi on the mainland. At first it wasn’t too bad – the sea was less choppy than on the earlier trip, so the impacts were less severe. You wouldn’t call
Got to admit it’s getting better… Read More »
All good things come to an end, they say – and they’re right of course. We’ve run out of islands to hop, at least for the moment, so tomorrow we have to leave all this and hit the Thai mainland for the first time. In truth, if truth be told – and why shouldn’t it
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Koh Libong is a lovely, unspoilt island. Truth be told, ‘attractions’ are pretty thin on the ground. This morning we decided to start by visiting one of the top tips: Point Dubong, where a tower has been built to aid viewings of the ever more elusive dubong – an aquatic beastie something like a walrus
Dugongs don’t, but turtles do Read More »
Boy, that was brutal! Looks cheerful I’ll grant you. But the reality of the ferry from Koh Lipe to our next destination, Ko Libong, was an hour of spine-shuddering, filling-loosening impacts, as the boat took off from one wave only to hammer down onto the next. Absolutely relentless. The next hour or so, the sea
Spinal tap, tap, thud! Read More »
Let’s face it, there’s not much to do on an island the size of a pocket handkerchief, but we had another lovely day on the beach, thank you. Marred only a tad when the guy selling me a beer tried to cheat me with 130 in change. “I gave you a thousand,” I said, and
Rinse & repeat. Innit Read More »
We went to the beach. It was lovely. We’ve come back for a shower. In a bit, we’re going back for the sunset. It’s hell, but someone has to do it. And so we did.
Another day of ceaseless endeavour Read More »
Up at the crack…well, 7.30ish…for our postponed snorkeling island tour. We’d chosen the five island option: in our experience the longer ones can start to become a bit of an ordeal at the end of a long day of off the boat, swim, on the boat, chug chug chug, off the boat, swim, rinse &
Underground overground snorkeling free Read More »
The original plan was to take a snorkeling trip, but when we saw the weather we decided to postpone for a day. As it turned out, the forecast was completely wrong and we could have gone after all, but by then we’d missed the boat, literally as well as figuratively, so we decided instead to