Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand - Trying to remember your name

After repeating to myself the name of this town during the 4 hours that my trip lasted, I arrived to this town without being able to pronounce its name completely.

Left in the middle of a very interesting and appetizing food market, I found some local who could give me directions of how to reach my guesthouse which was only 5 minutes walking distance from where the minivan left me. I started walking to my destination where I could spend the night when I met Berengere (a name a bit easier to remember). She was staying at the same guesthouse, and I wouldn't know she was going to be a great travel buddy.



Prachuap Khiri Khan is a city that I might use to relax a bit. It has a beach, it has nature and it has an amazing evening food market. At least this is what I discovered. That night we went for some local food at the local street market and then she showed me part of the town (the pier, a bit of the promenade). That night we stayed out late having a relaxed beer night with her and with an American and a Dutch fellow.




With the help of a bicycle, I went next day to explore my first Thai Beach. The funny thing about this beach is that you had to first enter a military base and sign you in as visitor, after that you cycle for 2 kilometers inside the base and you cross on your bicycle an airstrip until you keep on biking for 3 or 4 more kilometers and you end up in a beautiful white sand beach with turquoise warm water and almost empty. The hours passed by reading, swimming, reading, sleeping, reading, swimming until around 3 p.m. more people started coming. There was a group that called my attention. It was a group of locals and foreigners who were taking care of handicapped kids and it was their beach day. Admirable to watch them play all together in the sand and in the sea. It was a moment to take your hat off. After the beach I took a detour to look for monkeys. I heard that around the beach there were monkeys with white eye. I found the first one sitting very silently on a tree branch. They say, once you  find the first one (which is the most difficult to find), the rest will just appear in front of your eyes. and so they  did.

My stay at PKK was short but enjoyable. It was used as a jumping point to continue my journey. Choosing between crazy and party and relaxed and exploring; I know that most of you would like the first option, but not me this time. I chose to go to less touristy but to the most beautiful cost of the South of Thailand: The Andaman Coast.