Day 49 - Saturday, April 2 - Ko Pha Ngan

head·land ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hdlnd, -lnd)n.
A point of land, usually high and with a sheer drop, extending out into a body of water; a promontory.

After a great sleep in my fan only room, I woke up to see the sun rise over the mountains that line the bay. It was quite beautiful and I took a great walk on the beach, read a little and waited for the rest of the world to wake up.

We all had breakfast at about 9:30A and did pretty much nothing aside from relax, swim, hang out and veg until it was time for lunch at 1:00PM. We ate at the bungalow which I know knew was called PINGJUN RESORT, and let me use the term "resort" very loosely as the description in Lonely Planet is "a popular oldie, with cute wooden shacks in a grassy area".

After lunch, we decided to trek over to the other beach, Ao Thong Nai Pon Noi, so they could at least say they saw more than one beach before they left the island. There is a little path over the mountain that you can hike from one beach to the other. We swam, had a drink, and headed back to our beach. Marlow and Les took the way we came and Logan and I went the way of the water climbing over the headlands. This meant climbing on and over huge rocks and boulders sometimes having to jump top the nearest point that was certainly not an easy task. It was much harder than we anticipated but we finally made it, jumped in the water, swam, and came out to spend some time on the hammocks.

I showered to de-salt myself and spent some time at the internet cafe before it was time for dinner.

We went to some restaurant, obviously on the beach, and I had a great glass noodle salad with pork. After dinner we went next door to Dolphin, a awesomely cool bar in a jungle setting with various different raised platforms with cushions, pillows, etc for lounging and great music piped through the whole place. Les and Marlow left after about an hour and Logan and I sat and drank and talked about our next traveling experience - AFRICA - JULY 2006!

We got back to PINGJUN at about 1:00AM, sat on the hammocks, talking, listening to some music until 2:30AM at which time I had to call it a night.