Working at the local mall during high school, I spent many lunch breaks thumbing through the CDs at the CD store (remember those?). I was introduced to the musical artist Moby through a movie and its soundtrack. As a teenager who already wanted to travel, the scenery of The Beach featuring some groovy new music made me want to jump on a plane. I forgot about that until we were here in Thailand and read that islands nearby had inspired the movie. We were planning to travel to Angthong Marine Park anyway, so this was a bonus.
We kayaked around the coves, swam in the water, and hiked to a (once) hidden lagoon. I rowed hard during the kayaking portion, which Nathan said he was hoping I would do since we went out in a paddle boat years ago and I pretended to paddle but didn’t (learned it from Dad)! There were plants that looked exactly like cactuses - and maybe they were but I haven’t found out yet. They grew out of the cracks in the rocky cliffs. The whole day was beautiful.
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| Lots of fishes in that water |
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| View from hike |
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Lagoon
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