I stopped in at a fishing village where all the buildings were on stilts as seems common here. The village is visible in the background here:
This side of the island does not have a lot of development. In fact I practically had the whole road to myself. The most interesting thing about the east side were the mangrove trees. They grow in the salt water but when the tide goes out (which it was) a large part of the root structure is visible. Some branches grow out from the trunk and then turn downwards to become roots too. Little brown crabs scurry around in the mud around the roots of the trees.
The east coast does not have a lot of sandy beaches. It is mainly forests of mangroves and many other trees. There were a lot of banana plants, and very tall coconut palms. I also saw some durian trees. I got hungry driving through these forests.
There were a few nice beach areas however.
I also saw one temple:
