7th September, Hat Ton Sai

It was time to leave the island and on Meredith and Tim's recommendation we headed to Hat Ton Sai (Koh means island and Hat means coast).

The ferry ride landed us at Rieley beach where we could either pay 200Baht for a taxi-boat or trek over the hill to reach our destination. We decided to walk, which was a bit of a mistake given our massive bags we had to lug over. It turned out to be more of a climb, a really sweaty one.

The area is famous for rock climbing due to the amazingly steep rock faces that jut out from the sea. This means 1) the surroundings are stunning 2) there's rock climbers everywhere. The first point we could deal with but it turns out that rock climbers are dickheads. Actually I can't say that as we didn't talk to any but I just assume they are. With their light frames and nerdy rope things.

Also the beach was quiet with only one bar, full of rock climbers. It was really, really nice and we each had a big bungalow to ourselves for about $7NZ a night... but it was just a bit boring.

Ended up leaving the next day.