Blogs from Koh Chang, Eastern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

Day 20. Well what can I say?......woke up to another gorgeous day, unfortunately our last full day on the island. We must say farewell to Koh Chang, tomorrow, and start the long journey home..........but not yet!!!!! Today was another day of lazing and relaxing with a little excursion for some, reading and swimming for others. Returned to Blue's Blue's for our GALA lunch and thoroughly enjoyed it again. Tempura "whatever" was the dish of the day accompanied by papaya salad and/or fried rice, also "the best" Thai green curry and delicious Barracuda. Now back at the villa and doing much the same as this morning, relaxing, swimming and ,of course, blogging; sat here typing and gazing out on that fabulous vista we have so often shown on previous blogs, temperature 33C at 17-40 pm, beer in ... read more

Day 18. Here we are, yet another day in paradise and the sun's still shining. Not planned to do a great deal today except to visit a restaurant that someone had recommended in the visitor's book in the villa so it was a leisurely breakfast then swim and read (kindles everywhere) and sunbathe. One faction decided they would go for a walk and others decided they were mad as it was about 30 c at the time. While they were away an old friend paid us a visit and made itself at home, it's a dog's life. The restaurant, Blue's Blue's, was superb: typical Thai style, with a hint of the Orient, outdoors, under the trees, a bit shacky (made that up but you know what I mean) and the food was fabulous, fish, shrimp,veg, rice ... read more

Day 14 Powerless in Paradise this morning - no electricity so no water, no aircon, no good.... Yess ....after breakfast, our new Toyota Commuter arrived. Our mission was to hire a boat to go to Koh Rom. We couldn't remember exactly where we sailed from last time - so pity our poor driver (Rob) - it's along here - no turn right - no turn left - bit further - oh no gone past - U turn - right - no left - anyway - we finally arrived and boat is booked for next Tuesday. Took some photos from opposite side of the water - beautiful location - then turned into the hinterland and located a local roadside bar-resto - Blues Blues - to which we shall return. Tomorrow we are crossing the water to the ... read more

Day 12. Started the blog early today, only 7-30 am and not breakfasted yet. We are going to explore the East side of the island which is much less developed so will let you know what we discover later. Thanks to those who have commented so far. A very different day today as we head south down the eastern seabord side of the island. The eastern coast is totally different from the west in as much as it is still very underdeveloped and quite wild. There are few visitors, the roads are deserted and we discover quiet little fishing villages. When we visied Koh Chang two years' ago, the Wat Salak Phet was undergoing building works. The restoration is now complete and is quite beautiful. The wat was constructed during the reign of King Rama V ... read more

Day 10.Some did an early shop, this morning, before some of us got up and brought back the days rations. BEER....and some other stuff like food. Although the food out here is fabulous its difficult to break tradition so it was eggs all round, boiled, fried and scrambled, followed by fresh fruit and toast. We spent the rest of the morning swimming and reading before getting ourselves ready to go out for lunch. A table had been booked at a restaurant called Saffron -on-the -Sea, we had visited 2 years ago because it had been so good then and we weren't disappoined, prawns cooked in five different ways - heaven A little retail therapy on route home .... another day in paradise... read more