Koh Chang's Bang Bao

Today was a pretty lazy day. Got up at nine which is the latest I've pulled myself out of bed all trip. Dad and I took a taxi to Bang Bao which is a little village at the southern end of the island. It was a good few hours. Bang Bao has an interesting market, and we ate fresh barracuda in one of the restaurants. The whole complex sits on stilts which juts right out into the ocean (or over the mud since the tide was out). Later we went to the beach and just had an hour doing nothing except sipping soda water. The Bing Bao bay is quite attractive: sandy but with rocky parts. I bet there is good snorkling there.

In the evening we found a little restaurant on the beach that has a wonderful chef. I only picked it because I saw falafels on the menu, and I though, yeah, something different. They were good, but dad's steak was great. I then ordered fried banana with ice cream, and it was very professionally presented. This place was funny too. Dad and I were the only customer. I counted seven staff. For most of the time five of them were playing dominoes, one of them was playing with his ipod, and the other was sitting in a hammock. And I couldn't catch anyone's attention for service! I love the Thai work ethic. We watched over at the next bar, three of the staff playing soccer on the beach. One guy appeared to have a customer's bill in his hand.

But the Thai's are nice. We had trouble finding a taxi to get from the Bang Bao beach back to the market area (maybe two km). A guy offered us a lift on his scooter, so the three of us squeezed on and off we went. (By the way I have now witnessed five on a scooter simultaneously; I'm looking for a new record of six).

I booked into some scuba diving on Monday. I'm looking forward to it. But I have no idea what I'll do tomorrow: perhaps nothing.

View from the restaurant in Bang Bao:

View from the beach in Bang Bao (note the beach umbrella, as I was too lazy to get out of my deck chair):

Can you spot the man fishing with a net?