On another note... yesterday we traveled on our moped to go off the beaten path - and an adventure we had. Just a few miles from our Inn, up a fairly large hill, we followed a hand written sign for "beaches". We turned right down the road which took us down a steep paved slope, around several bends, where we saw almost a dozen mamouth boulders on the roadside, having falling off this quite large hill. With mostly excitement and just a little bit of trepidation, we drove on.
The paved road turned to dirt and another hand written sign directed us to "beaches". A sole Thai man was sitting at a water stand (how much business could he possibly have here?) and told us the beach was "down there". This is the view we first saw....
And then the stairway to the beach....
As we peered over the edge, we were intrigued. It is a very steep descent.
It went down.... and down.... and down.
We thought we were done, but there was more. The stairs turned into a dirt path with a few boulders, but mostly another steep descent.
(Did I mention they charged us 100 baht each - $3 each - to go to this beach!) We willingly paid. I see water, Tom exclaimed!
Finally - something that resembeled a beach, sort of. Mostly it was a collection of very large boulders with a small patch of sand, not quite a western version of "beach", but enought to lay out a towel and take a swim.
So the truth is we got so involved in the hike and trying not to fall down the slope - then soaked ourselves in the Sea that I forgot to take a picture of the beach... but this is me, brenda, sitting on one of many boulders, enjoying our discovery!
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