Ao Phrao

Laptopper again in the am, cloudy today and a few raindrops tapping on the roof. I can focus on my projects here, it's like the writer who moves into a hotel room for a few days to isolate themselvesЧитать далее
Ao Phrao

Long morning stretch on the yoga mat. A Thai is enamored with western architecture. Picked up a Ken Follett novel translated to Dutch, and made it a beach day. The swim reveals two anemones repleteЧитать далее
Ban Bao Beach

The start of my morning routine, stretching and meditation. Found a cafe run by an Englishman from Bristol who made me a nice cup of tea.
Bang Boa beach bean bag hang out reading and a short swim andЧитать далее
Ao Thiam Beach

Day 2 of the morning routine, amazing how fast the body responds to yoga.
Found a quiet place to work on the laptop. An Austrian tells me there are more people visiting this year due to the tik tokЧитать далее
Ao Salad and Klong Han

Cup of coffee with Claire who is Lebanese but was born in Guadalupe and speaks four languages. We settle on French. She wants to rent a scooter once she hears I am a professional Koh Kood scooterЧитать далее
Ban Bao Bang

Laptop session, Ban Bao Bang nice long right side swim, Claire shows up with boyfriend trouble, I listen. Sunset on the bean bags, dinner in my new fav resto.
Scoot

Claire is a great conversation partner, quite funny, a bit distraught, high maintenance, from Guadeloupe and Lebanon, and speaks French so it's extremely entertaining in it's own way.
Bfast atЧитать далее
Ao Jinta big swim

Slow start. Laptop in bfast resto. Ajinta long swim 2hrs. Read, rest, sunset. Dinner at Wooden hut, I'm having the coconut soup. Early to bed.
Ngam koh

Back to the usual, laptopping at the fav cafe, where they know me so well they bring the coffee without me even asking and they know that in a while I have my omelet, served with some cabbage.Читать далее
Ao Phrao

Long laptop session, got to a milestone. No swim, a rest day for the shoulders, I rode to Jaks and walked a shaky path to Ao Phrao chasing the perfect green curry. Watched monkeys climb a coconut palmЧитать далее
Khlong Chao

Started the next phase on the laptop, Swam another section of the coast, sunset at the goodview cafe, a quiet spot on a bluff over looking a bay.
Ban Bao Beach again

Tonight is the last night of my 3-week stay at Eve's. On the laptop, I got a victory over a program I was intimidated by, but I got it figured out. The intellectual stimulation is a great offset toЧитать далее
An inverse day

Beach swim first, but it turned out to be a garbage collection swim, the whole plastic in the ocean thing is real and I ran into it, what I collected was only a small portion of it. It's trulyЧитать далее
Tapao

Here I sit in the middle of a coconut palm plantation on the edge of the water drinking the milk from a freshly cracked coconut. I will never again be able to buy coconut juice from a can, now I amЧитать далее
rain day

I woke up feeling drained. A bit of sore throat and just no energy at all. So I stayed in the hammock reading the Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy. I realized that it is actually from the coconut,Читать далее
Tapao Shantaa

I'm less drained but it's actually a cold. I'm hoping a for a little bit of sun. There is a huge unseasonal weather system coming through.
Rested up, I feel ok and decide to set out a bit late, we'llЧитать далее
Sunday workday

After a disturbed, sleep deprived hostel night, I rested after breakfast and got to my new 'office' shortly after noon on a completely overcast day. Got some work done, a passionfruit mango smoothieЧитать далее
Soneva Kiri

Got to love this office, but it doesn't open until 11am. Back to the hostel for a Thai egg pan. I adjusted my travel plans, but unfortunately I lost the momentum to program on the laptop. My throat isЧитать далее
Tapao Noi

Daily routine done, I added one more component to wake up even better. Restful day on the beach because the cold is starting to go into the chest. I also add two rest days before setting off toЧитать далее
Yai Kee

Another big laptop morning. I have two beaches left to swim on Koh Kood. Big anticipation for this one as a friend said it you can only get there by kayak. I chose to take a forest path, the back wayЧитать далее
Koh Rang snorkel outing

A bike ride back in time to the part of the island where I started my visit. This part is definitely nicer. The snorkeling trip to a nature reserve was worth it. fantastic corals, anemones and fish.Читать далее
Ferry to main land

Saying good bye to Koh Kood in the morning, not so keen on leaving this place.
Great ferry ride on the Princess again,. It's an old ship, a classic steel single hull. Most tourists take the BoonsiriЧитать далее
Banpu Resort laze-about

I wake up to more rain, does this mean I'm going to be riding wet for the next few days? It makes me scramble to find dryer areas to explore but I find none.
7:00 a.m. it's breakfast time, theЧитать далее
Palmsuay

In order to have the flexibility to either ride 76 km or 147 km tomorrow I only ride 27 km today, which is essentially still a rest day. I make a stop at a supermarket stock up on some essentials onЧитать далее
Best laid plans

That sounds like I knew what I was doing, but I had never experienced an open border that wasn't equipped to let foreigners enter. This border is purely for locals and cross-border trade, and requiresЧитать далее