We rented a motor scooter yesterday.
Our chariot: 
It’s a peppy little automatic scooter. Everyone on the island seems to drive them. They probably outnumber cars 5 to 1.
The tourist maps distributed to new arrivals really play up the island’s waterfall situation. About a half dozen are prominently noted. We checked out two. The first was a total scam, advertised by a guesthouse to get away with charging a 20 baht entrance fee. The second was much more worthwhile, if not exactly breathtaking. We hiked 3/4 of a mile into the jungle for this:
After the waterfall, we grabbed lunch at a lovely little roadside stall - seafood with garlic and pepper, seafood in red curry, a minced pork omelette and an ice cold Leo to wash it down. The omelette was excellent.
From there, it was on to Long Beach and the Koh Chang Historic Naval Memorial. The latter refers to a naval battle between the Thai and the French in 1941. Apparently, the Thais received a thorough drubbing, which explains the amount of resources poured into the commemorative monument/archway: 
On our way back to Bang Bao, we spotted this gem:
We’ll close with a brief (and very amateurish) video.
I really liked this video.
ReplyDeleteThat kid in the "side car" is priceless.
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