Koh Ngai
Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Fri 10 Dec 2010 11:57
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Friday 10th December
After our trip into the cave we had a very
strenuous journey of 4 miles over to Koh Ngai (Hai), a beautiful island with a
glorious beach stretching down the whole of the east coast. Although we're
supposed to be experiencing the north-east monsoons we've had very rocky nights
when anchored on the west coast the last few nights so we made a calculated
decision to anchor on the east coast and hope that the winds didn't change
direction. The coast line was very picturesque with clear waters suitable for
swimming and spotting the jelly fish and a few resorts ashore for us to find
some food. Because the freezer is broken we have hardly any food on board and
cooking meals for 4 people is becoming increasingly difficult, I think they're
bored of vegetable stir-fry now and it's a good job as we've run out of
veg!
Amy and Jack, our two little scouts, swam
ashore and found out where we could use a credit card, as we have no local
currency yet, funnily enough these islands don't have cash machines. After
walking the length of the beach they picked a superb restaurant and bar, a
contemporary ethnic vibed place on the far left side of the beach. And
so as the sun went down we sat cross legged on a platform out on the beach to
take in our surroundings and discuss how very lucky we all are. The evening then
took a slower pace once we sat down in the restaurant. We'd ordered food to
share between us and the Tippy crowd but dishes came in dribs and drabs, it was
as if they only had one pan! The food was still good though and we all had a
very enjoyable evening.
 Taking a minute to
relax!
 Beautiful colours in the sky
over Koh Chuak
  Candles inside sand sculptures
alongside where we were sat on the beach
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