We stayed in a guest house above a garage workshop, had to walk through the workshop to get to the room. (250 baht, just over 2 pound each... bargain)

(Mum don't read the next part!) as it was so quiet we hired motorbikes, getting the bike was strange in itself... I was stood outside the honda shop, being sunday morning it was closed... when a policeman walked up to me and asked if I wanted to hire a motorbike. he said he could get one for 200 baht for 24 hours (about 3.20 ish) so we tried on shop, they wanted 300 baht, he then flagged down a taxi (man on moped) I got on, so did the policeman and we rode to the place where I eventually got the bike (it must have looked like something from the goodies!)

Later i took paul and he also got one (100cc, honda clunks - reminded me of being 16 again), we then rode about 15km south to a thai airbase, signed in, drove through the base to a beach called Ao Manao, which is a huge sandy cove which has only recently been opened to the public. The weather was excellent and the tans are coming on now!

After dropping the bikes off, we climbed up a small mountain to the north of Khiri Khan, where there is a monestry on top and lots of wild monkeys... the view was fantastic!