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One should take internet reviews for what they are, personal reflections and not the truth. So, that's why you shouldn't believe me when I wrote that Coconut beach was fantastic since I had not been there. Instead I was at Pakarang beach. That's where horses came by and they had a volleyball net etc. Today we went there again. I stayed in the shade since I am still sunburnt. Kids and Mathias played along at the beach. Buried in the sand We took a trip by South Arabian Horse Club, to find out that they are only open on requests. Took their phone number. No luck with the horseriding. We had dinner across the street from our hotel. A little tempting to see what this 24hours service really means. Bringing the JB Flip is so nice. Just wanted to say.

Monday started out with us having to get another place to stay. I had been in contact with the owner of Canal Villas Sunday and headed 15 minutes up the road to take a look at the place. It was a two bedroom villa, excl.breakfast 2500baht/night. OK price but not a deal or anything. It is a real cute neighbourhood, just inside the gates from a luxury hotel. It was crazy difficult to find it, no sign by the road or anything. But a real oasis. Only 7 minutes from the Pak Weep-beach and 3 minutes from nearest shop with ATM.  http://www.thecanalvillaskhaolak.com Entrance The yard The villas   Our two-bedroom villa We have our own little pool  The pool Sten and Axel are on their second pair of flip flops Boys bedroom  1st toilet with private lizard in the corner  Kitchen  Clash of Clans

Today we went down to our nearest beach, only five minutes from Canal Villas. A gathering of rocks by the shoreline made it perfectly fit for snorkeling. The latest few days have been cloudy, but today was really sunny and nice. Kids did not take any sunscreen. I did, but missed a few important places. Bum, lower back to mention tonight's most tomatolike areas. Good thing I still carry kylbalsam on all trips. We went home at around 3 pm which was pure luck for my skin. After a short rest we went across the road to find Andaman Viewpoint. "Food and drink", the sign says. Really only a viewpoint, as another Google guide's photos had indicated. We watched the sunset. It was beautiful.Someone had build a house but not completed it and the few houses seemed deserted. First time driving motorbike up- and downhill for me. Mathias complimented me for my professional motorbiking hill-skills. Haha. It was fun, kinda steep and rocky. We went on for dinner at Lay's, a l...

We decided to go to Khao Sok National Park on yet another guided tour. Since the snorkeling trip was windy and not really worth the money, I did not have very high hopes. We left Ayara Villas at 8:20. Guide and one couple was already on the bus, and we went on to a luxury hotel to pick up the last tourists. Starting of with sturdy breakfast and some selfies. Breakfast at Ayara Villa- pancakes, omelette, croissant, toast, coffee, tea, fresh fruits, yoghurt and a nice view overlooking the ocean. Heading back to our room after breakfast. Minibus went on east. First stop was Fresh Market in Takua Pa, where our guide instructed us to by banana and tamarindpast for our later feeding of the elephants we were supposed to meet. Really nice market. It was fun to go with Bee who could explain a few of the questions we had on what we saw. The first couple bought those sweet and tasty fried coconut-halves. Axel got a bag of soyadrink and Sten wanted some sticky rice (Khao Niao) so I b...

Today we had a slow start. Sten played fotball with some newly found friends at the hotel, and we just hung around the pool and bungalow. For lunch we headed for Coconut beach, of which we heard from recommendations from the owner of Relax Resort. We were really hungry getting there, but it was sure worth it. It was a fantastic stretch of sand in a bay. Reggae music, bungalows, swings, and other thing to play with were abundant. They hade a volleyball net ( ok height ) and a Mikasa ball.  After lunch, we played volleyball and went down to the very shallow water. The tide was low beach seemed huge. I played a little beach-volley with some Germans that hung around. It was so much fun- very long time ago. Since it was cloudy it was not too hot. It was a fun place to hang, and it seems lots of people just hang out and have fun.The beach is known for surfers, but the waves were not very high. Everyone not satisfied it seemed from this desperate SOS-call. When sun had begun to ...

Yesterday we went to Chong Fa waterfall in Khao Lak. We crossed the Phetkasem road and went up where there sign says "Horse Riding Khao Lak". There were no horses at the ranch as far as we could see, I guess they spend days in the shadows inside. It was a nice ride, to our right there was planted rubber tree forest in gridlike patterns. Nice motorbike trip in a not very crowded neighbourhood. Our rides I figured it would be smart to have the map in the phone instead of on paper. Phetkasem road divides the area and leads all the way to Bangkok. Boys went on a trip up the waterfall. I waited in a shadowy area to relax. They had lots of fun jumping between the falls. Mathias has many pictures on his facebook page. Afterwards we went to a restaurant where they served delicious minced pork with cute decorations. Axel had chicken with cheese. . In the evening we ate from the grilled booths the market. Friday we had booked a whole day snorkelling trip ...