Diamond Geeza

We have left steamy Bangers, and travelled to Koh Pha Ngang, of full moon party fame, although, fortunately, there is much more to the place than just the party.
I have been to this island before, and on the last journey here we were transported by a “boat” which was more than a little frightening. I think that its owners had found it in a kinder surprise, or perhaps, more likely, made an inferior copy of a boat that came in a kinder surprise. To make matters worse, the sea was so rough that even the company who owned the boat was reluctant to set off. So, understandably, I was adamant that we would not end in the same predicament….. We did, and we didn’t. We ended up using the same company, but had a different boat. On the last journey, I sat on the deck, as I didn’t want to be inside the death trap when it sank, so we decided to do that again….. Not until we had been sitting in the sun for several hours did we notice that this boat had an air conditioned interior which sold cold beer. Oh well!
That aside, we are having a great time. We spent 2 nights on the north of the island, at a place called Mae hat (hat or had is Thai for beach). A beautiful place, if the beach wasn’t so dirty, and it wasn’t so expensive, or so far away from everything.



We decided to move, and went to visit the place I stayed at last time, Booms café bungalows. Unfortunately, there was building work going on so we didn’t want to stay there, so we had a quick look down the beach (we had to wade past some rocks to do this) and discovered Harmony Beach Resort. Not only was this place incredibly beautiful, but the room was better, and cheaper, and it was totally private and secluded – there is no road access, you have to walk through a nearby bungalow place and wade through the sea to get there. It is run by a South Londoner called Dave (it is a scientific fact that 50% of South Londoners are called Dave)





We went to the full moon party, but didn't end up staying all that long, and retuned back to our idyllic little spot to drink some buckets (there is no messing around here - they sell you a small plastic bucket full of ice, a 375ml bottle of spirits, a can of red bull and a can of coke… what a great take away).

And you can see why we returned :)

We have spent days just lounging around here. But soon we will be on our way.
It’s my birthday on Saturday, so we are going to hang around for that, and then it’s on to Krabi, Koh Phi Phi, and diving in the Similan islands.
Fortunately, our budget has been pretty much reined in, so we can afford to splurge again :)

Will Tim & Traci make it out of their dire predicament? Will dangerous Dave succeed in his dastardly plan of permanent beach settlement? Stay tuned for the next exciting installment, same flash time, same flash channel.

BTW: you can check out Harmony resort, or contact them at this address (thanks for that chester!): http://www.phangan.info/harmony/