Next morning, we couldn't care less about tourists looking at us cook and eat porridge as they take brisk morning walks along the beach. It was the last day of paddling and the mood was relaxed and easy. We are to go over to Pebble beach, just 1.2km away from Datai, disassemble our boats there and catch cab from the road that runs by the beach. It will be too much trouble to try lug gear across the vast Andaman/Datai resort to take a cab at their lobby, even if they allowed us to.
In the morning light, we could see a flat stretch of sand and rocks linking Datai island to the bay, elevated almost half a metre above the water. We had to go around Datai island on the other side. The sandy beach on the right is the island where we camped the previous night.
After beaching up at Pebble beach, we took an hour in all to get all our gear disassembled, packed and waiting by the side of the road for some taxi to turn up. We didn't see any after almost half an hour, then a Proton Wira just stopped by us and offered to send us to town for a fee.It was back to civillisation once again. We checked in Holiday Villa again, unpacked, went out to look for a spa to make an appointment the next day, and had good chinese restaurant food before lazying in the room.
It was a nice trip overall, with a few hiccups but hey, that's adventure isn't it? I'm sure Karen agrees.
2 comments:
What a great trip and a nice write up! Now, who says night paddling only on certain expeditions? :)
Tsk tsk...I would like to have them planned, rather than incidental haha...
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