Thailand....Reflections

Life on Koh Pha-Ngan

Seven fabulous weeks in total spent in Thailand which included four different islands and four visits to our new Asian home from home, Bangkok, interrupted only by our two week trip to Burma.

The ‘land of smiles’ didn’t disappoint apart from the strange island of Koh Phayam where we stumbled upon the the rudest people of our whole trip so far. So unpleasant were they that it actually became funny to witness in the end.

The food has been continuously delicious which has been gratefully accepted after mostly poor to mediocre food all the way through Central and South America.

For the final few days of our two week stay on Koh Pha-Ngan before heading back to Bangkok for the final time we decided to treat ourselves to a beachfront bungalow, a bottle of red wine to help us view our last Thai sunset and a Thai massage. The sound of the sea gently lapping in time to the cracking of bones made it my first and most definitely my last.

It’s been a fabulous period of our trip where we’ve had the chance to do next to nothing for next to nothing apart from read, swim and enjoy the food. We’ll be sorry to leave especially as we enter our final month and our final country, Namibia, before heading home.

TIME SPENT:   7 weeks

TRANSPORT:   2 planes, 18 trains, 6 undergrounds, 3 buses, 1 overnight bus, 3 minibuses, 6 ferries, 2 tuk-tuks, 13 taxis, 4 speedboats, 5 mopeds, 2 motorbike taxis, 2 kayaks

NUMBER OF PLACES WE STAYED:  8 (1 hostel, 5 beach bungalows, 1 backpackers, 2 hotels)

FAVOURITE EATERY:  Aimmy Restaurant on Koh Mak

WILDLIFE SPOTTED: geckos, snake

TOURS TAKEN:  Angthong National Park

BEST VALUE FOR MONEY:  Thailand!!