31 | July | 2011 | A Broad At Home

Now that I have been home for a few days and have had time to reflect a bit on the trip, I can say with certainty that Koh Pha Ngan was my favorite place. It was quiet and relaxed yet still held the creature comforts we were looking for (warm shower, air conditioning, bacon and eggs for breakfast). Attire for the week consisted mostly of swimsuits and cover-ups. Shoes weren’t even allowed in most restaurants to keep the sand and dirt out. So one might say that the week took on a very chill vibe; I reached a new level of lethargy. We chose to stay on Salad Beach, which is a short stretch of relatively secluded sand. Our hotel was named Cookie’s Resort. So we stayed at Salad Cookie’s for a week. Best name ever? I think so.

Each day was filled with more of the same from Koh Samui, but we had a couple more days of tropical rain thrown in there. To be honest it was a nice reprieve from the seemingly incessant heat and humidity. Some days I felt like I was swimming in a hot tub down to breakfast. We also took a couple of day trips to other beaches. Yao Beach would have been nicer if it had been better weather. Khom Beach was the real gem. Lonely Planet commented that this is where Corona commercials should be shot. It really was that wonderful. Koh Pha Ngan was perfect.

View from the hotel during the day.

Hammock on our balcony

Reading and relaxing by the beach

Mixed Fruit Shakes. At least one a day.

Khom Beach was not only beautiful, but also very secluded. For a quite a while we were the only people on the beach. One resort sat at the end of the stretch of sand and made a great place to take a couple hour lunch while a rain shower moved in. A precarious walk through the water, dodging coral and sea urchins, lead to a sand bar about one hundred feet out from shore. It was a the perfect place to catch some vitamin D and still keep cool in the blazing sun.