Khao Lak

I shall mainly skip over the next day in Ao Nang, which wasn't very exciting except for the som tam - spicy papaya salad - which I had from a genuine local stall to escape the tourist traps and which really blew my taste buds it was so hot - I downed a litre and a half of water to no avail and the only thing that stopped me trembling was a whole stick of sweetcorn - good though.







On to Khao Lak, where I was to do my snorkelling, and the pretty location of Poseidon bungalows, with a bungalow that gave me an initial shock (only a week after the Grand Copthorne Waterfront) but was surprisingly comfy and insect free, with lovely sounds of the forest, and once walking by at night, saw a colossal crab about 40 cm wide with its legs topple back down the slope as it detected my arrival.