Life is good here in Koh Pha Ngan Thailand. How good? Let's have a look!
I woke up around 9 am and walked over to my designated office on Haad Rin Beach. I had a cup of coffee with bacon and eggs for less than two dollars, and steemed it!
After a few hours online I felt like getting a massage, so I did at Coral Bungalows for $4.50 for an hour Thai Massage.
Now feeling nice and limber I met up with some friends at the beach front pool. From left to right, that's Alon and Lean from Israel, Manny from Rome Italy, Kate from Holland, Tom from Holland and Leonardo from Sicily who are not in the photo but hung out the rest of the day. Between the seven of us I believe we spoke about 8 languages. Since the common language was English, that made things super easy being the only American in the group.
After hanging out in the pool for a while we decided to go next door to the Sunset Beach Club and rent kayaks with a clear bottom to see the coral and colorful fish below. Cost was $4.50 per person.
After kayaking as the sun was beginning to set, we stayed at the Sunset Beach Club pool and had a drink while watching the sun dip into the sea.
After a short while it was dark, we all went back to our rooms and freshened up. They got dressed like normal people. Having lived this life style for so long I've gotten kinda of hippy and just wear what's most comfortable;) We soon met up and walked over to Haad Rin Beach "Sun Rise Beach" and had a lovely dinner on the sand at Tommy Restaurant.
Being the World Travel Pro I know how to order in Thailand. Everyone was a little jealous of my superb 800 gram Red Snapper in a Thai chili sauce. Recalling from my first red snapper experience in Thailand 14 years ago at age 20; I walked right up to the seafood display picked the fish with the clearest eyes, knowing that would be the freshest.
I made sure to share, as Lean's hamburger and Manny's cardboard pizza didn't cut it. I then had to give a travel pro lecture about how to order when in Thailand! My fish and fresh young Thia coconut cost about 15 dollars. That was a splurge for Thailand, but well worth it.
After dinner on the beach, we walked around and saw what was going on.
We soon split up as some wanted to get a message, and some wanted to relax at the Esco Bar, a very cool place hanging out into the sea on Sunset Beach, only a five minute walk from Sunrise Beach. Having already gotten a message earlier I went with Manny to the Esco Bar.
Being similar age and both having a background in business and finance, we had a lot to talk about. He wasn't too happy with his life in Italy running his business and rental properties. He's a smart guy and knowing he was with the right company, he asked me many questions about how to live a simpler more free life; including how to manage his finances to do so.
It was about two in the morning when we left. We walked about a whole minute up the beach back to Coral Bungalows where we each had a room for $7.50 and called it a night.
What have we learned?
Life is good, and for about $10,000 dollars you can live every single day like this for a year!
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