Monday, March 30, 2009

Our spot o' paradise in Ko Phagnan
























































Anyhow the next day we had to buy the expensive tourist boat ticket as no one would tell us how to get to the local pier so we could catch the ferry, and finally got to our destination, quite grumpy really! Needless to say our 'happy-to-be-travell-o-meter' was only sitting at about a 2 out of 5... It very soon shot up to a 4 though once we found our little wooden bungalow and beach... We spent 2 nights here at Haad Gruad resort, and snorkelled at Ao Mae Hat beach, (really lovely coral and fish actually!), and then started our best experience so far for both of us; we caught a longtail boat to Bottle Beach which is a small, quiet beach on the north of Ko Phag Nan, and only accessible by boat and found a beachfront bungalow 41 steps from the sea! First thing we did (besides diving into the turquoise sea) was buy a hammock and string it up right on our front patio. The next 3 days went something like this: Wake up, swim, lie in hammock reading, swim, hammock, swim hammock..........such bliss! We had finally found our spot o' paradise and it was rather hard to leave... On our last night at Bottle Beach, we had a perfect dinner (of the normal rice and noodles AGAIN) on the beach...

5 comments:

  1. Wowsers Trousers (sorry steve i could not help myself). If they are the same pair of pants i am thinking of i am sure the guy who stole them is absolutely miserable. Sounds freakin amazing the beach, the bungalow and the hamocks. Lisa how does the map thing work? would be cool to see exactly where you are. Keep keeping on and we wil keep thinking and praying for you guys. Nice one. Grant (your brother) and Ange (your sister)

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  2. Helloha! Why are you guys still wearing the same clothes? he he! Sounds like you've had quite an adventure! Very jealous of the googling and hammocking done! yay! Hope you're taking loads of pics and don't get too scammed!! lots of love, J

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  3. OHHHH MAN YOU ARE LUCKY BUMS !!!!

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  4. Steven...this is your father...did they also steel you razor???!!

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  5. aaaaaaahhhhh!!! looks so amazing!!!! you guys just look so relaxed!!!! Can't wait to hear all the stories about these amazing pics!!! Thought of you this morning driving in your old area and wanted to just remind you about the traffic and that you ARE NOT IN IT!!!!
    Missing you too much. Ang

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