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When we arrived at Koh Kradan, it was quite windy and wavy so we decided to go on the opposite side of the island to sunset beach. It end up being a smart decision since it was only a 10 minute walk through the jungle and was beautiful and perfectly protected from the east winds. On top of that, we had it to ourselves all afternoon and had lots of fun swimming and enjoyed the warm and zenitude of the sunset.
 We saw Murray eels, sea snakes, lion fish, a new kind of clown fish that we had never seen before and also a new type of fish that was quite funny. We nicknamed them the « leaf fish ». They were vertically floating around head down in small groups, only moving to the horizontal position to quickly swim away from us. What a strange type of fish.
 Lion fish The island being quite touristic we had a hard time finding good, affordable, Thai food. Therefore, we ended it up in a Italian restaurant where we ate delightful pizzas. On our way back to the bungalow, we found wonderful swings hanging from a huge tree over the ocean. We had such a blast swinging over the waves pushed by our energic dad ;-)
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At Koh Mook, we stayed at Mookies bungalows and enjoyed playing with a very friendly and endless energetic little puppy. We also greatly appreciate the kindness of the owner Wan and her legendary fried prawn in a tamarin sauce. The bungalow was only 300 meters from sunset beach. The best swimming beach of the whole island where Éloïse, dad and I played Marco Paulo for hours in the warm ocean. One morning, we rented a kayak and went to visit the majestic Emerald cave. An ancient pirate hiding place. Unfortunately we did not find any remainings of a treasure, but since we were at low tide, we did find the entrance of the cave. We swam across, in complet darkness, before reaching a beautiful lagoon and a small beach surrounded by impressive karstique cliffs. Not too far away we also encountered a beautiful secluded beach where we found tons of sand dollars and imagined faces in the rock formations.  Do you see the resemblance with the rock formation?
 We had this beach all to ourselves!  This is inside the cave, it opens up to this beautiful beach to reveal the pirates hiding place! On our way back, we had the chance to encounter a large flock of males hornbills (females are nesting at this time of year) playing and eating in a huge nearby tree.
Unfortunately for us, during our stay, we experienced 2 days of heavy rain. Making most of our time, we therefore took the opportunity to do some blog writing and some homework. Our last morning on the island before moving to Koh Kradan, we met a very enthusiastic guy that was happy to share with us his latest discovery. Freshly baked donuts with custard dipping. He even lent us the keys of his motor bike for us to go and taste them. I must say, he was right, it was yummy in our tommies. After visiting the northern part of Thailand, we were excited to finally meet up with the sand and sea of the southern islands! Koh Tao, in Thai, means Turtle Island... but we didn't see any haha! We stayed at a beachfront bungalow at the Big Fish Resort. After a v-e-r-y l-o-o-n-g travel (plane from Chiang Mia in the morning yesterday, waiting around in Bangkok all day to finally take a night bus at 11pm to Chumpung, arriving at the pier at 4 am and waiting for the speed boat departing at 8am, and a taxi to the resort) we were relieved to cool off in the beautiful turquoise waters just a step away from our bungalow.   The resident dog is a golden retriever, she reminded us of Jabaw! She spent her day pacing in the water fishing...and had that same "intellegent" look that Jabaw has :) Feeling refreshed, we got ready to head out in search of a quick lunch. Luckily for us, we saw that a few people were sitting out in the garden having what looked like really good sandwiches. They were happy to share with us the location of the sandwich lady. They not only looked good, they were delicious and we went back several times for more! Our favorite was the Hawaiian fried chicken with pineapple sandwich! Dad also enjoyed the more spicy chicken sandwich. We layed back and enjoyed the beach for the rest of the day. The next day we set out to explore the island. The neighboring cove hosted a small secluded beach that we were recommended to visit. However, we had to pay 50 baht (2$) per person to access to the beach... so we decided it was a better idea to swim over instead! It was only a 15 minute swim and we used the small passageway to the beach from there. We landed on a lovely beach that was quiet and there were only a few people to share it with. We spent the day snorkeling and playing card games together at the small restaurant that had both a fabulous view and the best Pad Thai we have had so far! 
 We headed back to our bungalow and enjoyed some drinks on the beach as we watched the sun set. What a peaceful moment!  We rented motorbikes for a few days and headed out to eat in town. We quickly found what we were looking for... a small place filled with locals! Mama Tam's restaurant was just what we like: great food, decent portions and cheap-cheap price!
 We also took some time for some school work... I have to say the classroom was somewhat distracting! |
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Septembre 2022
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