Just thought I’d post a photo of one of the numerous tsunami warning
signs. The evacuation routes are everywhere and very occassionally
there are signs of the 2004 wave still about, such as a stretch of
beach with no trees. Pretty amazing how much us rebuilt now though.
This piccy is of the sky last night which was the most dramatic &
interesting we’ve seen. We sat on a white sand beach, on deck chairs, with
a beer, watching fork lightning over the islands in the distance
and …(just to make C&A feel really jealous)… listening to
Tinariwen!!
City game was a bit of a downer after that.
Plus, excellent news, Jen found some shorts that fit & suit! Yes I
know you told me to take some from home Mum, but I didn’t. Dad would
be proud of them too…in the same vein as his shirts but fuscia!
We had a really easy ferry ride over to Koh Lanta yesterday and got a
hut at Hans Bungalows that is a few seconds from a very nice beach in
the north-west of the island.
Tomorrow we wil explore the island a little more before deciding how
long we will stay here. The atmosphere is nicer than the mainland
with less arsey tourists (Swedish rather than German!) but there is
still a surprising lack of fellow backpackers.
Weather is quite strange (as you may notice from the piccy) – it is
really hot & humid with sun most of the time but occassionally big
black clouds come over for a little shower. Wierd! There is no hot
water in our hut here so it’s quite nice to have a warmer shower ๐
Our new friends at Sea Fa Diving took us out on what we are sure is
the best diving and snorkeling trip around. Their boat was easily the
best for the job (the others were either huge and packed or smoky) and
the snorkeling spots they took us to were breathtaking.
We really didn’t miss the fact that we weren’t able to dive down as
the visibility was superb. We saw gazzilions of colourful fish, bright
blue starfish, moray eels, jelly fish, barracuda, tuna, shoals of
thousands of tiny fish and…at least 10 black tip sharks! Yay!
Photo below is of the utterly ruined beach from the film, ‘The Beach’.
We went past for photos but thankfully wasted no time there.
