So we finally made it away from the hordes of people who travel to the beaches and islands in the south of Thailand by heading to Koh Tarutao national park - it is the lonely, blue/green watered island that you would imagine when you think of the perfect place!! To get there, we first had to stop in the port town of Pak Bara for the night before catching a ferry to the islands. The town was not much to speak of, but we had one of the best dinners of the trip in a little bungalow on the beach at sunset. Almost too perfect, but the mosquitos came out in a fury to remind us of reality. They also found a way to infiltrate where we were staying the night, so needless to say between them and the mouse (yup a mouse) also sharing the room, we didn't get much sleep.
Once on the island though, we couldn't have asked for more. We had a cute, clean bungalow, a set of half a dozen new friends that we had met en-route, and stretches of unpopulated, beautiful, white-sandy beaches. We spent a day riding around the island on a long-tail boat (basically a canoe with an 8-cylinder diesel engine strapped to the back) and our new friends, stopping off to explore vacant coves and try to do a bit of snorkeling. Other than that, we took our sweet time doing nothing - we finished books, laid on the beach, and had a blast for our last hurrah in thailand.
Next stop - Langkawi island in Malaysia, possibly the direct opposite of Tarutao... we'll report back soon.
Heard the wolfpack might make a bowl, yessssssssssssssssssssss!!
Go Pack,
TeamWander
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Loving the tales from paradise! Hopefully Thailand was everything you wanted and MORE!
FYI - Jaime and Michelle made it home. :)
You laid whom on the beach?
I'd just like to say just for the record that from what I heard about the lobster story, Miah was equally as shocked by the sight of the gigantic beast! Ha ha ha! I loved that story and all of the others I've heard so far! Miss you both!
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