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11th of July
We rented a motorcycle (150 Baht) to cruise around
the island and look what the other beaches are like.
Sandra, the German girl, turned out to be a very good
driver, so I didn't had to worry and could enjoy the
beauty of the island. We stayed near Thong Sala at small
bungalows and from there we took the road along the
coast all up the northern part of the island. Most of
the roads are in good condition, but unfortunately the
island is very hilly. Sometimes I had to jump of the
bike, so Sandra could make it up those hills. The Thai
People always laugh at us, I think they never saw a
girl driving and the guy sitting behind her.
The northern beaches are much more beautiful then southern
beaches. Not that much tourists and sandy beaches. In
the South you get a lot of mud an coral's (I got scratches
all over my feet). Around 4:00 p.m. we arrived at Hat
Rin, the mass-tourist part of Ko Pha-Ngan. The whole
town is one big "party" and is well know for
the "Full Moon Party, which was just three days
before we arrived on the island. After dinner we went
straight back to our bungalows on the other site of
the island.
 12th
July
Since the weather was very fine, Sandra and I decided
to do a "beach walk" up to the "Long
Beach" (very nice place!) which we had discovered
just the day before. It was a 10 kilometre walk, most
of the beaches on the way were in a horrible condition,
lot's of rocks and dirt. Just the last two kilometres
before Long Beach turned out to be a little bit more
friendly. Not knowing about the distance back to our
bungalow on the road (15 kilometres..) we decided to
do some "hitchhiking. Three or four kilometres,
roasting in the sun and tired of walking up and down
the hills, we decided to use a taxi instead. Hitchhiking
seems to be not very common on the islands...
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13th of July
Another day on the motorbike. We went up to the north
again. We drove until the we couldn't go any further.
Sandra wanted to relax on the beach and I decided to climb
up some rocks. It took me an hour or so to get to the
top of the rocks, but the scenery was wonderful. I felt
like a little Robinson.. I could see the next beach, which
wasn't reachable by motorbike, and it looked like on one
of those Postcard-Beaches or Movie scenarios. Awesome!!
Around 6:00 pm we decided to go to Hat Rin once more,
to see what the " Half Moon Party" was like.
It wasn't a big party at all, just a small group of people,
hopping around on the beach...
14th of July
My last day in Ko Pha Nang. Also my last day with
Sandra and Zlatko, the two other travellers who I stayed
with the past 9 days ( I may meet Sandra again later this
month) . Sandra wanted to stay on the island and Zlatko
is flying over to Europe as I'm sitting in this Internet-cafe
right now. Since I had to wait the whole day to get on
the night ferry to Surat Thani, I just walked around in
Thong Sala and had a few drinks.
The night ferry left Thong Sala at 10:00 pm. I might come
back on the 4th of August, to see what the "Original
Full Moon Party" is like.
 15th of July, Bus to Trang
The night ferry from Thong Sala arrived at Surat Thani
at 5:00 am. A mini van picked me up at the pier and took
me to another place, where tourists where already waiting
for their busses. Three mine-van's and two different bus-stations
later, I arrived at the same place again, and the guy
at the bus-office told me that I can go to Trang... WOW!
And this day was just about to start!
It took about two hours, to get a town where the driver
dropped me of and told me that I need to get a motorcycle-taxi
and go to another bus station. OK! I was to tired to fight
and tell them that I paid for a trip to TRANG. Fortunately
I got on a bus to Trang. But after my arrival in Trang,
I had to found out that no one ever heard about a Youth
Hostel in or around Trang.
A friendly police men took me to a mini-van station, and
then I was on my way to Had Yao, the place I thought I
would find a nice Youth Hostel. At least I thought so.
The mini-van driver took me to a small
"resort" next to the beach. I met other travellers
from Denmark, who where also "stranded" in the
middle of nowhere. Shortly after my arrival, a horrible
storm came up (monsoon, as the owner of the so called
resort told me a hundred times). The storm lasted for
about three hours. After a short walk around in the rain
I was also able to find the youth hostel, just about a
ten minute walk away from the "resort".
I and the travellers from Denmark decided not to stay
at the "resort" and luckily found a minivan
which brought us back to Trang.
 Since the weather down here is in a horrible condition,
I'm going to leave this place tomorrow, to go to Malaysia,
or to Ko Phi Phi. ...
16th of July
Trang turned out to be a very nice city, no tourists
and very clean. But unfortunately the monsoon is very
bad during July and August, so I decided to go north
to Krabi.
The bus-ride took about 2,5 hours, and I found a nice
way to spend my time: I counted the honks. All together
it took me 155 Honks and 50 Baht to go from Trang to
Krabi. I arrived there around lunch time. I wanted to
go straight to Ko Phi Phi, so I got my ticket for the
ferry and was supposed to be at the pier at 2:30 p.m.
Unfortunately their was no ferry to Ko Phi Phi at 2:30...
Still holding a valued ticket, I decided to go to Ao
Nang, stay there for one night and then take the ferry.
There is not much to say about Ao Nang, it took me about
20 Minute by a pick-up to get there and it looks very
similar to Ko Samui (although - it's not an island).
15th of July, Bus to Trang
The night ferry from Thong Sala arrived at Surat Thani
at 5:00 am. A mini van picked me up at the pier and took
me to another place, where tourists where already waiting
for their busses. Three mine-van's and two different bus-stations
later, I arrived at the same place again, and the guy
at the bus-office told me that I can go to Trang... WOW!
And this day was just about to start!
It took about two hours, to get a town where the driver
dropped me of and told me that I need to get a motorcycle-taxi
and go to another bus station. OK! I was to tired to fight
and tell them that I paid for a trip to TRANG. Fortunately
I got on a bus to Trang. But after my arrival in Trang,
I had to found out that no one ever heard about a Youth
Hostel in or around Trang.
A friendly police men took me to a mini-van station, and
then I was on my way to Had Yao, the place I thought I
would find a nice Youth Hostel. At least I thought so.
The mini-van driver took me to a small "resort"
next to the beach. I met other travellers from Denmark,
who where also "stranded" in the middle of nowhere.
Shortly after my arrival, a horrible storm came up (monsoon,
as the owner of the so called resort told me a hundred
times). The storm lasted for about three hours. After
a short walk around in the rain I was also able to find
the youth hostel, just about a ten minute walk away from
the "resort".
I and the travellers from Denmark decided not to stay
at the "resort" and luckily found a minivan
which brought us back to Trang.
Since the weather down here is in a horrible condition,
I'm going to leave this place tomorrow, to go to Malaysia,
or to Ko Phi Phi... |
