R&R in Ao Nang

 Exhausted from the rigours of Central Java (enforced partial sobriety, UNESCO swizzes), we were sorely in need of a break

Where better to rest up than Ao Nang?

A favourite destination of this blog, its got all you need for a relaxing few days.

Plentiful (cheap) beer, great food, marvellous sunsets.

Today, feeling  quite buoyed up by the holiday atmosphere  we ventured further afield to the next beach along, Pai Plong (No, I haven't made it up).

It's reached by following the ominously and sadly accurately named 'Monkey Trail'.

Unsurprisingly it was keenly patrolled by the banana scented burglars. 

Not only that, but the 'Trail' consisted largely of flights of steps constructed mostly from bamboo and driftwood.

Your reward for completing the obstacle course is the lovely Pai Plong beach:

Lovely as it undoubtedly is, we didn't stay long. 

 Hairy paws could soon be seen in the palm trees above us, occasionally lobbing half chewed branches with devastating accuracy.