Day Five
24th March
We took Sayan’s pickup again Monday. This time we drove over to Sam Roi Yot National Park with goes right up to the Gulf. Its just a bit further south of the Koh Galok we were at the afternoon before. We drove down this most secluded and deserted beach coastline. There was just a two lane concrete road, trees and beach on the left side, small shops, small restaurants, and nice resorts on the right side, Farther on the right, there are a range of mountains in the short distance. The mountains hugging the Gulf adds to the atmosphere. Out in the Gulf you can see four small islands. They don’t see much on them but rock and trees, they do not look inhabited. There were small fishing boats anchored to the beach. Small time fisherman making a living on the tiny fish they pull out of the Gulf there.
Sayan planned to stop over by this beach. But Alex sitting in my lap had fallen asleep before we arrived. So we didn’t stop so she could sleep. We headed over to the National Park area. We parked over there because Alex woke up after an hour nap. We got some chips and sodas.
We went to this Buddhist temple. It was very hot. It was midday and the sun was out strong. We removed our shoes at the entrance, which forced us to walk barefoot. But everywhere you step was so hot. They have marble steps which they put strips of carpet down over the marble, but the carpet sat in the sun and got so hot. So we stepped as quickly as we could and looked for lil spots of shade. This was a bigger stop for Snow’s mother than for Snow or me. We went up to the top and there was this very large bronze statue of a sitting Buddha where faithful had put gold squares on it to start covering it.
Due the heat, we couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Sayan wanted to take somewhere in town he knows for lunch. So he took us to a small downtown noodle shop. Noodle shops are prevalent in Thailand, They have good cheap soup with noodles vegetables and meat. But this one was less impressive than ones we had seen in Bangkok and Udon Thani. Snow was not happy with it. When we got the soups, and we had to wait longer than expected, Snow and her mother each didn’t care for it. For me, it was much worse. They ordered for me, and though reassured by the woman that it was not spicy, they gave me the spiciest soup I have ever tasted. After less than half a bowl, my lips felt like they were burning. They seemed swollen and I couldn’t close my mouth. It was so difficult. We left early and headed to the hotel, where Snow and I had lunch again. We had some delicious tempura.
We were going back to the beach. But because I wasn’t feeling well, we stayed at the hotel and before dinner we went in the swimming pool. There was Kung, Snow Alex and I, with Snows mother lounging next to the pool. We bought the small boat float at Koh Galok beach and had that. Alex rode the boat a lil bit, but mostly, she was in the water with each of us. We held her, or lifted her up or bounced above the water with her. After a while, she started to get upset. She didn’t want any of us to hold onto her. Instead, she was clearly wanting us to just let her go so she could swim on her own. She felt she could do this swimming and floating thing on her own. But of course, we kept denying her freedom. We didn’t know how badly she would take going under. We didn’t want her to be traumatized in the pool so young. She was really mad and wouldn’t let up. She got very mad at both of us and was fighting us while we held her. She was in such a state, it was tempting to let her go and see for herself how she would do. We didn’t though. Then Snow finally took her out of the pool while she was throwing a fit. She looked like she would run away from her and jump back into the pool herself.
After dinner, I went to use the net, Alex went to sleep and Snow watched her favorite Thai dramas. She has been able to see some of her favorite shows and favorite stars from Thailand. That night I counted between 40 and 50 lizards on the walls, the posts, the beems, the ceiling.
24th March
We took Sayan’s pickup again Monday. This time we drove over to Sam Roi Yot National Park with goes right up to the Gulf. Its just a bit further south of the Koh Galok we were at the afternoon before. We drove down this most secluded and deserted beach coastline. There was just a two lane concrete road, trees and beach on the left side, small shops, small restaurants, and nice resorts on the right side, Farther on the right, there are a range of mountains in the short distance. The mountains hugging the Gulf adds to the atmosphere. Out in the Gulf you can see four small islands. They don’t see much on them but rock and trees, they do not look inhabited. There were small fishing boats anchored to the beach. Small time fisherman making a living on the tiny fish they pull out of the Gulf there.
Sayan planned to stop over by this beach. But Alex sitting in my lap had fallen asleep before we arrived. So we didn’t stop so she could sleep. We headed over to the National Park area. We parked over there because Alex woke up after an hour nap. We got some chips and sodas.
We went to this Buddhist temple. It was very hot. It was midday and the sun was out strong. We removed our shoes at the entrance, which forced us to walk barefoot. But everywhere you step was so hot. They have marble steps which they put strips of carpet down over the marble, but the carpet sat in the sun and got so hot. So we stepped as quickly as we could and looked for lil spots of shade. This was a bigger stop for Snow’s mother than for Snow or me. We went up to the top and there was this very large bronze statue of a sitting Buddha where faithful had put gold squares on it to start covering it.
Due the heat, we couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Sayan wanted to take somewhere in town he knows for lunch. So he took us to a small downtown noodle shop. Noodle shops are prevalent in Thailand, They have good cheap soup with noodles vegetables and meat. But this one was less impressive than ones we had seen in Bangkok and Udon Thani. Snow was not happy with it. When we got the soups, and we had to wait longer than expected, Snow and her mother each didn’t care for it. For me, it was much worse. They ordered for me, and though reassured by the woman that it was not spicy, they gave me the spiciest soup I have ever tasted. After less than half a bowl, my lips felt like they were burning. They seemed swollen and I couldn’t close my mouth. It was so difficult. We left early and headed to the hotel, where Snow and I had lunch again. We had some delicious tempura.
We were going back to the beach. But because I wasn’t feeling well, we stayed at the hotel and before dinner we went in the swimming pool. There was Kung, Snow Alex and I, with Snows mother lounging next to the pool. We bought the small boat float at Koh Galok beach and had that. Alex rode the boat a lil bit, but mostly, she was in the water with each of us. We held her, or lifted her up or bounced above the water with her. After a while, she started to get upset. She didn’t want any of us to hold onto her. Instead, she was clearly wanting us to just let her go so she could swim on her own. She felt she could do this swimming and floating thing on her own. But of course, we kept denying her freedom. We didn’t know how badly she would take going under. We didn’t want her to be traumatized in the pool so young. She was really mad and wouldn’t let up. She got very mad at both of us and was fighting us while we held her. She was in such a state, it was tempting to let her go and see for herself how she would do. We didn’t though. Then Snow finally took her out of the pool while she was throwing a fit. She looked like she would run away from her and jump back into the pool herself.
After dinner, I went to use the net, Alex went to sleep and Snow watched her favorite Thai dramas. She has been able to see some of her favorite shows and favorite stars from Thailand. That night I counted between 40 and 50 lizards on the walls, the posts, the beems, the ceiling.
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