After recuperating in Ranong for three nights, I said goodbye to Val and headed for the beach.*
I took a two hour boat ride to Koh Payam (for a measly 150baht) where a little bungalow on the beach was waiting for me.
While I love relaxing on a quiet beach, I wasn’t super enthused about my choice of accommodation. The owner wasn’t especially friendly, the food was bad, and there weren’t too many other solo travelers around. I started to feel like I was in the background of too many family photos. I could have stayed a third night but decided that I couldn’t eat anymore coleslaw sandwiches and left after two.
That being said… it was still incredibly beautiful. Plus, I did use this time to power through Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything and I consider that an accomplishment.
Foolishly, I waited until the morning I left to take photos. The tide was actually quite high during the day and of course the colors were much more vivid.
Once back on the mainland I spent another night in Ranong before meeting up with Mike further south in Phuket.
xo, jill
*Have I mentioned that Val is from Seattle and grew up with one of my former roommates? Small world, eh?
oh man this is gorgeous. i just got back from thailand last month and now i miss it so much!
It’s really a special place, isn’t it?
beautiful–just beautiful!