In the previous post, I said ‘I don’t thing it’s gonna happen’, about finding another Lazy Beach scenario. I may have to eat those words. Instead of paradise lost, we may have a case of paradise regained.
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We decide to stay a couple of weeks here.
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(Then our 30-day visas expire.)
After scouting the eastern side of the island, we find these near-perfect digs. Maria spends the day swimming and exercising on the beach.
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I spend my time reading in the hammock.
Not bad for CAD$20.00 per night. The only drawback is patchy internet service, hence the long lapse between blog posts.
We’ve even changed our minds about renting motorscooters. Touring around on a scooter is pretty sweet!
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Our trusty scooter takes us to places like this around the island.
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We are also happy to meet our friends Ulf and Susane once more.
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They have been to Koh Lanto and Koh Pangan. We convince them to visit Koh Phayam.
Ulf and I mount up.
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To get to this village, we pull ourselves across an estuary on a self-service ferry.
On our return, we find the ‘ferry’ on the opposite side. Maria volunteers to swim across and retrieve it single-handedly.
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At last, we go to Jens’s restaurant (where we rented the scooters) before Ulf and Susane catch the boat to Ranong. They spend a few days in Bangkok before returning to Hanover after 5 months in Asia.
Insight or insight of the Day – Paradise Regained
Remember the giant monitor lizards we saw in Kanchanaburi? We have them here as well.
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In fact, one took up temporary residence atop the wall in our bathroom.
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We named him Lorenzo, for the sake of alliteration.
Oh, and in case you ever wonder what a pineapple looks like when it’s a’growing, it looks like this.
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