2012-10-05 - Day 6 - Koh Muk

After another lovely breakfast, we went in the pool for the last time, while Mummy packed up. We watched a family trying to teach a boy how to swim - looked pretty hopeless.

Tut then picked us up and drove us to the port about a couple of hours away. We stopped for fruit, which was great. When we got to the port, we waited for our boat, and then had the most amazing boat ride to the island through mangroves, and was very mysterious.

Apparently Koh Muk is one of the last underdeveloped islands left in Thailand. It was vey overcast when we arrived at Pawapi resort. We met Dan who showed us our room, which was very basic but had two stories. He didn't know English too well, but tried really hard and we liked him immediately. His boss was not around, and when we talked to Dan about the keys and the safe, he could not get the keys to work and explain why they did not. The girls went off to look for another resort, and we decided to move to Sivilai. Dan was really sorry, and we left him a tip. He was pretty upset, which was a shame.

Sivilai was amazing - completely the opposite, for not much more! The hotel turned out our beds in the morning, and our rooms were amazing, with working locks! It was also right on the beach, so we could listen to the surf as we fell asleep. Lovely! This was perhaps the best room we have ever stayed in, ever!

We paddled in the sea and settled in. Dinner was lovely - satays, noodles, steamed fish and spaghetti for the girls. Aiysha was beginning to like the Thai fried rice!

There were some chinese people next to us who seemed to go wherever we went - funny. We had a night walk home, and we were followed by a pack of dogs - Roxy and Daddy made friends with two of them - Roxy's was brown (Emily?), Daddy's was black (Stephanie).

We played Go Fish on the veranda, and we were so exhausted we went to sleep early.

What a place to stay!