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KOH KOOD
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SUNDAY 22nd:
Decided on renting a motorbike today. Had an early-ish breakfast and we were on the "road" by 9am. We first biked down to Ban Ao Salat (the port we first landed on Koh Kood) and walked along the suspended jetties.
(see Page 9 for description of these villages on stilts in the sea).
The place is amazing; the life the people live on these houses on stilts. Fish and sea food generally is, of course, everywhere; prawns, oysters, shellfish generally and all manner of fish are freshly available. It's also a major port for exporting the countless thousands of coconuts which are harvested all over the island.
Took a large number of photos as we walked along the often quite dodgy and rickety wooden walkways. The villagers very friendly and seem to enjoy being included in the photos. Ao Salat was simply fascinating.
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ABOVE 3 ROWS: Net repairs and life on the rickety and wobbley boardwalks above the sea at Ao Salat.
ABOVE RIGHT: This amputee guy had improvised his own prosthetic leg out of plastic pipe and wood.
After leaving Ao Salat on our bike, we travelled back south along the only road across this part of the island. At the first junction we headed west and then north again and stopped by to take a look at the Klong Yaikee Waterfall; or at least the site of it. After clambering down a near vertical path with a rope for a handrail to the bottom I was not surprised to see not a drop of water, it being the dry season. Apparently, when in flow, it's quite a sight and people swim in the deep rock pools.
Onwards then, to where the road simply stopped at a wooden jetty at a place called Baan Makok. Took a stroll down the jetty and some photos here and headed off.
One stop we made for a rest was interesting in that a brightly coloured snake snaked across the road and climb part-way up a tree. I approached it with the idea of taking some close-ups but was warned by Aom it was a particularly nasty and venomous little bugger. The way it was waving its head at me told me it wasn't glad to see me.... I backed off.
TOP: The now totally dry Klong Yaikee Waterfall and the roped climb down to it. Aom can be seen at the top; she had the sense not to climb down.
CENTRE: The road simply stopped onto this rickety pier on an inlet edged by mangrove trees, and, on the right, Aom at the end of said pier.
BOTTOM: This is the nasty venomous little snake.
Pressing on on our bike, we arrived at another village built on piles driven into the sea bed. This one was called Klong Maad and had been modernised in that all the timber walkways had been replaced by concrete. It was still, however, a thriving, busy village.
All the photos below are of Klong Maad village.
