Ko Phangan - Haad Salad

The last couple of days we have been relaxing in Ko Phangan on a beautiful beach called Haad Salad. We are staying in a little bungalow just off the beach and have a stretch of sand almost to ourselves of about 150 meters. We are, however, sharing the beach with a number of rather loving dogs who are quite content to share our towels whilst we're reading. We got up to go for a wander along the beach today and came back to find a dog stretched out across the towels fast asleep. This is real paradise for Rach (dog lady) who just encourages them more! She's even started to name them!

Where we're staying is the perfect size and has not yet been made too commercialised. The beach front has a couple of bars and restaurants, just enough to stop you needing to go elsewhere but not too many and certainly no places advertising 'Fish & Chips' or 'English Breakfast' like we saw a lot of in Ko Samui.

Unfortunately our little bit of paradise hasn't been quite perfect the last 2 days as we've had a lot of heavy rain showers. Not so bad though as it gives us an excuse to go to bar (no alcohol though)and wait for it to stop.

On Friday we are getting a boat and minibus down to Penang where we are meeting up with Stu (a hockey friend) for what will probably be a messy weekend on the beers before going to Langkawi for a few days to recover. From there we head down to Kuala Lumpur where we meet up with Stu again.

Hope all is good and love to all.

Rach & Mark. xxx