Chapter 15 - Top 5

We were chatting to a local on Koh Mook Island. We asked him what snorkeling around a certain island was like. His response was, ‘It’s a little better than boring’. A phrase that we have adopted as our own, as it really sums up beach life, which we sooo love living. It’s not crazy or full of adventure, as you spend most passing hours looking at the water or in it. It’s exactly that, a little better than boring.

So here are our “top five” for a little better than boring things for Thailand’s West Coast (aka month 2)

Number 5: Koyak Seafood. A rustic locally owned restaurant that hugs the side of the cliff. The view of the bay is amazing… and the freshly caught BBQ fish is even better.

Number 4: Sea kayaking around Railah. When you feel like snorkeling you just bail off the side. Water was crystal and fish were abundant. Just wish I had my spear gun to catch dinner.

Number 3: Snorkeling around Koh Ngai & Koh Cheuk. Now these islands aren’t as pristine as the Similian Islands, but they are special in their own way. You snorkel around shallow water reefs with fish trying to nibble you. We even saw a coral snake. Thankfully it wasn’t as interest in us.

Number 2: Emerald Caves. Imagine swimming through an 80m pitch black tunnel while the walls howl. And just when you think fuckit I’m turning around the tunnel opens up to an enclosed emerald sea with a white beach surrounded by forest cliffs.

And number 1 goes to…

Koh Jum… everything about this place is perfect. All I can say is go there before the rest of the world discovers it.

K&M