koh pha ngan v1.2

lazying around. the days blur together in the heat and sand. days are divided into units of massages, meals, movies, naps, and time in the hammock.

lyds has been more productive and has completed a thai cooking course. i showed up to her "graduation" to sample her degree. she passed all right. and learned the dishes i like best!

today we felt especially adventuresome and so caught a songtao to thong sala, and then another to ban chalok lam on the northern coast of the island. from here we took a water taxi to hat khuat (bottle beach), a beach that can only be reached by boat. it was a new place to sit in the shade and read, the sand sticking to our bodies from the heat. as time came to head back to haad rin, i brokered a deal that saw us cruise home on a boat. the trip allowed us to see half the coastline on the island, and its countless cliffs and palm trees.

haad rin has become a ghost town. the full moon party is over for this month, and as such, the backpackers have emptied out and moved on. it will become busy again when the next lunar cycle nears completion. we too are joining the movement, geographically not politically, and have booked tickets to koh tao for tomorrow.