We sailed back to the mainland and called into a few places on the way up the coast.   One of these was a small island called  Ko Phra Thong.   We saw a resort to the right and could see a couple of beach shacks on the beach so we thought we would just drop anchor, walk down the beach and see if we could grab something to eat.   Once we got to the beach we realised that this place was bigger than we thought – there were beach bungalows set back, beach bars and loungers but no people.   We found a wooden walkway with a small restaurant at the top, -continue reading …>

Having spent longer in Chalong Bay than we had intended, we decided to sail up the West Coast visiting the quieter side of Phuket, the Marine Park islands of the Similans and the Surins and head up to the border town of Ranong.   We had heard good reports of this area of Thailand, and we needed to get there before they closed the islands in mid May before the arrival of the South-west monsoon.

We had to stop on the way up to fix the gear change cable – another jury rig – continue reading…>

We need to spend some time in Chalong bay as our canvas work is taking a couple of weeks to finish so we decided to do a few trips over to the islands in Phang Nga bay.  The first one we decided upon was south – Racha.  We arrived about 5pm just as the tourists were leaving and we were just stunned continue reading…

After 5 months in Malaysia we eventually arrived in Thailand – the first port of call being a small island called Koh Lipe.  We arrived with Tereva early in the afternoon and so we headed straight to shore.  Koh Lipe is such a beautiful little island – with a hippy feel.  Lots of colour and backpackers everywhere – we were probably the oldest people there!  This place was completely different from Langkawi continue reading …