The rapidly famous charm of this bay is a crescent white calm beach, spotlessly clean and known as . It has 914 meters length overall, 450 meters of which is pure sand. We saw the beach surrounded by mountain scenery, and green groves. There were some bungalows, a Thai food shop, a bar beer (but no beer for sale) and shelters spreading along the beach.
At first seizing the beach, we scattered, running and shouting in delight, bathed in glorious sunshine, taking in fresh air, and enjoying the turquoise clear water rolling up gently against our beach. What could I say... we were so lucky to choose the day that had only few tourists.
Sitting on a deckchair and looking out to sea, on our right-hand side is Kled Kaew Island , which passed this morning while the eye-end far left is Khram Noi Island and Khram Yai Island afterward. Some friends played around the beach but I preferred laying on a mat reading my favorite book until it was about 30 minutes to noon .
Before lunch, we decided to take a coral sight-seeing boat of the Chumphon Navy School to Kled Kaew Island to see a new skin-diving spot. As neared the island, a navy officer told that the island was enriched with baby coral reefs, although not as colorful as those in the southern sea but here was found almost all types of corals which mostly had quite a large size; Scleractinia, Madreporaria, Gorgonacea and Alcyonacea. The coral colonies are in charge of the School.
During a trip, the officer pointed out to something jumping over the sea. After the voices of excitement and camera shuttering, the officer said that it was a family of seven white dolphins living here. They often gathered to play the waves made by a boat. On the island we saw a small cave at the left beachfront where fishermen occasionally stopped by during a big storm.
Did I tell you that it was the island of monkeys? Yes, they lived in the wood near that cave and when people came up there, those naughty primates would ask for food with no fear like any monkey at other tourist places in Thailand . Who taught them to be like that?
The coral sight-seeing trip took about 40 minutes and now we went back to the bay again to have lunch. Catering service from Ocean Marina Yacht Club set European lunch boxes, fresh tropical fruits and soft drink for us this time. The Hotel staff had prepared two picnic sets of table and chair and umbrella for eight persons. It seemed that we were a little bit spoiled but really more comfortable anyway. |
