Ko Phra Thong (posted Jan 6, 2010)

Well after spending a couple of non rolly nights in Thap Lamu we decided to head up to what the cruising guide labels as the last anchorage before the Burmese border.  The guidebook only gives directions from the north but the MaxSea showed a route from the south so we decided to head for it.  What a pleasant surprise and the views on the south are fantastic.  Maybe it is just because we had a few days of rain but the greens on the hills were spectacular and that mixed in with the mist in the mountains (well pretty large hills) made some great colors.  The thing that really makes this pretty interesting is that the whole area is not developed.  In the whole area we traveled about 20 miles we only saw one real village of a couple of houses and two more small established points but the rest was untouched even the large tracts of land did not seem to be farmed or developed.  One of the established points had a jetty and there were some cars parked close by indicating a road but we couldn’t see it from the water.  That is probably the case with the rest of it as well as the guidebooks talk about a bunch of Eco Resorts up here but we didn’t see them.  I guess they are truly Eco.  There was a couple at the entrance that looked like they might pass for something but nothing like the rest of the region has.  It would be like stepping way back in time but for the fact that there are quite a few Longtails (the typical boat in this part of the world for negotiating shallow draft areas) and the fact there are the conspicuous mobile phone relay towers along the route. But hey at least we can update our blog from paradise!