Day 16 Sadly, our last day in Thailand and we packed and had a nice swim in the sea then the pool. Interestingly, the pool seemed warmer than the sea today. Checked out then had lunch in the restaurant and waited for our 2:00pm airport pickup for our trip home via Kuala Lumpur. The Golden Beach Resort was a lovely place to stay in a quieter part of Ao Nang. The street outside was more of a footpath than a road and vehicles were only permitted for picking up and...

Day 15 As no more day trips are booked for this holiday we thought that we would walk up to the next beach to the north from here called Nopparat Thara Beach. It wasn't as nice as Ao Nang we thought with more crushed shells than sand. It was Sunday and lots of Thai locals were picnicking here. We walked to where the river flows to the sea and where we had motored out yesterday on the way to Rok Island. We returned the same way and dropped into a restaurant for c...

Day 14 (last night WAS a curry night!) Had an early alarm again as our tour today was to Rok and Ha Islands and the transport was scheduled to arrive between 7:00am and 7:30am. We hoped for the latter as breakfast started at 7:00am! I just got the first spoonful of Museli to my mouth when a minibus drove into the turning circle. Fortunately it was to take someone to the airport and we were able to eat our regular 3 course breakfast, albeit rather hurriedly! A u...

Day 13 Today was to be a rest day so did very little. Got up late at 7:45 and after breakfast just pottered around the apartment. Went for a walk down the road as one of the shops sold 'Bubble Tea' which we were recommended by someone we befriended by the pool! I didn't think much of it as it was a flavoured watery mixture with little gelatinous bubbles containing some liquid and served mixed with ice. No need to try that again. Then we were lured into a restau...

Day 12 Today we had booked to go on a Jungle Tour involving a trip to the Hot Stream, Emerald Pool and Buddhist temple. We met a nice Canadian lady called Linda who was also on the tour. The minibus picked us up at about 9:15 and we headed down the highway towards Trang again. This highway is starting to look familiar! Ominously, the tour guide asked us to ensure our seat belts were fastened. (He'd obviously driven with this driver before!) After an hour or s...