Good morning and a beautiful day to you
And we are now in the northwest of Koh Phangan where we're now going on to
Thong Yai Pan Nai beach which also looks incredibly beautiful the weather is
steaming hot today so i'm slathered in some cream, got the hat, got the
sunglasses but more importantly let me show you the beach
And now it's temple time. There's not a lot of temples in the island / on the
island but there is a few I'm now going to show you Wat Phu Khao Noi
Now continuing our tour of the beautiful beaches of Koh Phangan we are now going
to Thong, hang on let me get this right it's Thong Nai Pan Yai
Now I've just come from Thong Nai Pan Yai
that wasn't it that was actually wasn't it was Thong Pan, Thong, Thong Mai, Thong Nai Pan Noi
which is the smaller of the two, noi means smaller so I've got the last one wrong
I thought I was on this beach when is on that beach and now I am on
Thong Nai Pan Yai. Anyway enough of that let me show you the beach but when I was at the
other beach one thing I did reserve is a front-row seat for some beachside fire
dancing this evening so later on tonight after sunset we will be going to see
some fire dancing, but for now let me show you
Thong Pai Yan Pan.... let me show you this beach!
Oh and the next beach is bottle beach. Now it's called bottle beach because the
original path that used to cut through the jungle down to the beach was marked
by bottles so people knew which path to take, now it is a road but it's quite a
steep road I didn't bring the bike down I parked the bike at the top and I've
walked down but you can get four-wheel drives down here and here comes one I wonder if they'll
give me a lift for the last little bit if I look, you know....ahhhh
oh they're going the other way, bottle beach resort
doh, shame they went the wrong way they went down to that way I'm going this way
so I couldn't even beg for a lift so just guess I'm gonna have to walk it but it
is late afternoon, I'm in the shade here which is good because it's a hot day
I wouldn't like to do this walk in
the hot sun but it's nice I hope the beach is nice when I get
there, and I will be definitely definitely getting a cold drink
well made it to bottle beach but after the sun went in but it's still very
beautiful lovely and quiet hey sun setting over the hill so I shall
have a nice drink, relax, before I have to walk back up the hill and go fire dancing
Well that was Bottle Beach
and wasn't it beautiful?
Sorry I got bit late for
to show you the sun shine and light on the beach
but it meant that it was quiet
peaceful not many people there
lovely mango shake which was only 60 baht
which considering how isolated it is not too bad
and relax for a little while and
enjoy the atmosphere
now you can stay on bottle beach there's a few bits of
accommodation, they all looked full so I couldn't stay the night plus I didn't bring
my toothbrush.
And there's two restaurant cafes where you can order food it's
not that expensive and is a beautiful location now the
problem I have
is now I spent so long down there because I arrived a bit late
and sun's going down and now I've got a two kilometer hike to get back to the
bike and it's all uphill and I've got an appointment with fire dancers were I reserved a
table on the beach at another beach so gotta get a move on get up this hill and
the next hill in the next hill before it gets too dark then zip across the other
beach for my 8:00 p.m. reservation on the beach with some good food and some
fire dancing
okay let's put a spurt on
let's get going
well you probably can't
see me in the moonlight maybe you can I don't know maybe you can see me in the moonlight
but I've made it to the bike and it is dark so I've just got a little bit to go
on the gravel road in the dark and then off to the next beach
oh well despite the dark roads the hills the slipperiness and having to climb up
the hill I have made it just in time for my 8 o'clock reservation I think it's 5
to 8 my beachside table on some beach before the fire dancing starts let's
go and have a look
- good evening where are we? - we in the paradise
- we are in paradise thank you very much
- good evening how are you? - yes good, this way please - yes thank you very much
thank you very much
here is my table for the evening