Blogs from South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 13

After our little adventure jungle trekking it was back to more island time. We returned to Ko Lanta and before we'd barely opened our bags in the new bungalow Sharon, Scott , Kyla and Jake came calling round to see us. Jake needed his boat fixing and had kept wanting to know where Grandpa was!! So for the last couple of weeks we've been alternating between doing the family thing.....Beach, rock pools, swimming, family dinners etc and partying at night. The temperature here is getting hotter by the day. ( sorry to rub it in, you people in Britain) so our main objective is keeping cool in the afternoon when the sun it at its highest and the trees lining the beach no longer offer shade. We did have a major downpour of rain one afternoon ... read more

Die Tage vergehen und nun ist heute bereits die 3. Woche auf Koh Samui angebrochen. Ich habe trotz keinem festen Tagesablauf, ein paar "Termine" welche ich regelmässig einhalten zu versuche. Im Hostel 168 nehme ich sicher 3 mal die Woche ein nettes Frühstück zu mir, da gibt es leckere Sandwiches mit einem frischgepressten Orangensaft und schwarzem Kaffee. Die etwas edlere Variante bietet sich im Cafe Zing odr im Coffee House, wo man sich die Sandwiches selber zusammenstellen kann oder auch mal einen kompletten Teller mit hiesigen Früchten bestellen kann. Ohne grossen Stress ging ich letzte Woche jeweils nach dem Frühstück mit dem Scooter Richtung Norden, dort befindet sich das Crossfit Sunrise, wo ich für einen Monat unlimitiert Trainieren kann. Nachdem ich mich ausgeschwitzt habe, geht es gewöhnlich an einen der vielen schönen Stränden. Der am nähesten ... read more

We have been in Koh Sok for three days now, enjoying the spectacular scenery. The town consists of one road lined with bars, restaurants, bungalow operations and the odd shop. The road comes to a dead end with the national Park Headquarters at the very end. Apart from when the mini buses pile in dropping off tourists the road is pretty traffic free Mornings always start with a leisurely breakfast high up on Jungle Hut's restaurant's terrace, watching the mountains bathed in early morning mist gradually appear and the sky turn a deep shade of blue. We had one more day left.and wanted to make the most of our time. The area of Koh Sok is famous for the giant rafflesia flower. Its a parasitic plant with fibre like tissue. It begins as miniature buds growing ... read more

After a week of relaxing on a beach soaking up the sun it was time to seek adventure. Before the sun was barely up we were humping on a mini bus to the inland area of Koh Sok national park renowned to be one of the oldest rain forests in the world The scenery on the way was pretty amazing with tall lime karsts towering up at the side of the road. We are staying in the resort appropriately named Jungle Huts. Our hut is high up reached by a very dodgy flight of steps. Think we'll have to lay off the beer if we want to staty in one piece! The breakfast area of our resort is also raised meaning great views of the mountains covered in early morning mist while eating. The first morning ... read more

Monday 12 February 2018 Weather hot and hazy. Woke about 9 am. Left the room about 11 am and strolled to the port area to people watch for a while. Then off for some beach time. We went to the end of the Aonang beach to our usual place. Lots of people here, with the beach bars behind and vendors selling drinks and various foods on the beach. We did the usual of cooling off now and again in the water, but after a couple of hours decided to finish. On the way back we both had sandwiches in Cafe 8.98 for our lunch. Back to the room for 2.30 pm and a quiet afternoon. Around 7 pm we strolled out and went people watching. The ladyboys were in the street and Pat wanted a picture, ... read more