Trang is incredibly HOT....it's a baking 35 degrees!
A fellow train traveller on a bike kindly showed us to a nice guesthouse in a quiet part of the town and saved us the time and effort of looking for somewhere ourselves.
There was no way you could ride in this heat without ending up with third degree burns so getting to the ferry port will need to be done early tomorrow morning when it's a lot cooler. This gave time to pig out down the quite wonderful night market on spicy catfish and a local speciality 'Moo Yang'.
Leaving Trang at 6am gave a better temperature to ride the 50k along the 4008 to the port of Hat Yai. The markets were already in full swing and the lines of monks were out on their daily morning pilgrimage to collect the free stuff and give out blessings.
This was a nice easy ride and we had soon done 32k before a coffee stop. Continuing on down the rural traffic free road we were bombarded with 'Hello's' from the quizzical locals as we passed by. As we arrived at a deserted Hat Yai beach around 10am it was time for the first dip in the Andaman sea....and it was well worth it!
The long tail ferry boat was ready and waiting for us, so once we had paid the 70 baht fee we then had to manhandle on the bikes along with a moped and a load of melons. 30 minutes later we were arriving at the little pier on the first island, Koh Libong....home of the infamous and elusive dugongs!
On arrival we opted to head down to the quieter south of the island and here we first rejected a plush resort with rooms starting at 6000 baht for a nice little beach bungalow for 800 baht and ideal for a spot of snorkelling.
A track from American singer songwriter Willie Mason and the title track off his first album 'Where the Humans Eat'.
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