This page starts with photos from the trek along the shore. We walked as far as the heat of the day permitted as I was daft enough to forget to bring drinking water along with us. Just shorts, T-shirt, shades, a hat and flip-flops, oh and a camera and my wife.
The crowded beach near Shantaa, blissful.
A loooong swing for Aom. This one really did motor (movie below).
ABOVE LEFT: The rock outcrop that hampered our beach-trek. ABOVE RIGHT: The track through the jungley bit that bypassed those rocks on the way back. The occasional THUD of falling coconuts was a bit disconcerting.
ABOVE LEFT: Aom strolling through the coconut grove. Watch out for those falling 'nuts darling!!
ABOVE RIGHT: One of the main roads on Koh Kood. It's a main road 'cos it's concrete.
SATURDAY 21st: Well we were supposed to be renting a motor bike out today and for the next few days, but alas we were a touch tardy in getting out of bed. Not only that, I couldn't entice Aom into going for a pre-breakfast swim. So, an early breakfast was decided upon.
Cloudy early this morning, so maybe we'll get a cooler day. Sea flat calm Later in the morning the temperature plummeted to a bitterly cold 31ºC; very pleasant especially as we'd agreed to go on a canoe/kayak trip. So, later in the morning we helped ourselves to one of the 3-seater kayaks, loaded up with snorkeling gear, etc, and trundled north along the shoreline and down into what they call here a canal. It's no such thing, it's an inlet which goes inland for about 400 metres before bottoming-out. Interesting though with some small mangroves here and there. Very jungle-like towards the end of the inlet or creek.
Out at sea again we rounded a low headland looking for somewhere to beach the boat and go snorkelling. Unfortunately, all we could see were rocks and the next headland was a long way off. So back towards base again but we nearly got swept onto some huge rocks thanks to Aom's canoeing skills.
I was in the rear seat and was head down fiddling about with the camera. On looking up all I could see were rocks. I shouted "watch out!!" to Aom who, for some reason, started paddling forwards. I back-paddled hard and the rocks were safely bypassed... just, bringing Aom's boating skills into question.
Lunch was a tuna-melt & coffee for me and something unpronounceable Thai dish for Aom. Both equally delicious.
Afternoon was a lazy one. Only in the low 30's today with a breeze off the ocean which is a pleasant change.
A lot more people in the resort now, possibly due it being a Thai holiday plus it's a weekend; a lot more chatter in the restaurant add to a bit more atmosphere. An excellent dinner yet again; almost everyone we meet says Shantaa has the best food on Koh Kood Here's some stuff from our kayak adventure.
TOP: Up the creek with a paddle.
BOTTOM LEFT: The end of said creek. Back-paddle quickly...!!
BOTTOM RIGHT: TT at the helm.
And to finish off this page, here's a movie of "Up The Creek With A Paddle"
