Crablife on the islands

On Monday we arrived in Trang airport in the late afternoon and thought it'll be an easy&cheap ride to get to Haadyao, where we had a few nights booked. But nope, there were no tuktuks waiting at the airport as we were told so we had to book a private car. It took us to the center of the town where we found out that last minivans had already left and the only way to get forward is to book a private van. Nice. So it was a about 400 % more expensive than we originally thought.

But anyways, after some hours we got to Haadyao nature resort in a small fishermen village and were ready for some sleep after a few obligatory Changs (Singha is so last season). The next day we did basically nothing. Explored the village a bit, had a few daytime Changs and chatted with a nice lady in a cafe and she ended up booking us to a small island nearby for the next days. Thanx a lot to Pai from Marine Room!

Haadyao is a quiet & nice place with only a few tourists around. Recommended if you're passing by to the islands and want to spend a few cheaper days in a beautiful surrounding. The beaches aren't maybe as nice but the rock formations absolutely amazing. There were also some caves nearby but we really couldn't really be bothered to do anything so we just hanged around, observed a cross eyed cat and looked lazy. And ate lots of squid of course.

On Wednesday 11th we took a longtail boat with a few local fishermen to the emerald cave at Koh Mook. The first boat broke down after about 10 minutes so they had to call a new one to bring us forward. But well, we're for sure not in a hurry, I really don't have any idea anymore which weekday & date it is if I'm not looking on my laptops calender.

At Koh Mook you have to swim about 80 meters through a dark tunnel to get to an amazing small lagoon/hidden beach whilst the waves are hitting next to the walls making a roar in the tunnel. Our timing wasn't the best one, there were quite a few other ones at the same time, but at least we weren't in a group and didn't have to swim in a row wearing life jackets. It would have been fantastic if the lagoon would have been empty but unfortunately we had to share the place with too many swedes&italians. Worth a visit for sure nevertheless.

On the way back out of the tunnel Tanja got surrounded by lots of fish and looked more than happy. Hangon keksi! It's really not fair, colorful fish like Tanja and mosquitos surround me.

The dogs also like Tanja and want constantly steal her sitting places but she has been fighting back and also has occasionally won!

After the cave trip the fishermen dropped us off at Koh Kradang where we spent the rest of the day walking around at an endless long amazing beach and also made a walking trip through the jungle to a remote small beach on the other side of the island. There's nothing really to do here, it's a true paradise island but maybe a bit too quiet for my taste. Especially as the only local ones are the ones working on the few resorts, nobody really lives here. But it's nice for a few days to relax and to take it more than easy. And to watch funny crabs on the beach. But I still don't like paying 60 baht for a small Chang.

Now we still have to decide what to do next, on 13th we should move on, maybe to Koh Lanta but it's full of swedes who pull their tables together at restaurants. But it's also too early to go to Krabi as I'll be hanging out there anyways for 10 days after Tanja goes back home. Any suggestions are welcome!!!