If you think a bungalow “on the beach” is nice, try Ban Na on White Sands beach on Koh Chang (elephant island).
After booking I read I had to get off the song taeo (passenger pickup truck) from the dock at the first 7-11 (2 on the beach) and walk along the beach for 300 m (300 yards). Well, after almost walking 300 m the beach disappears in the ocean. “Is this a Mont Saint-Michel situation?” Yes, it was. It was getting close to high tide and either known or unknown when the place was built a stroll through the water was necessary twice daily at high tides.
My arrival is the topic of another blog. But when I was finally guided to the room I found what I expected, a rock hard Thai mattress, a fan, an open blue pvc piped bathroom with an electric flash water heater; everything I needed to survive a good life. For 600 baht (32 Baht=US$1) it was an expected price for an island.
The waves are right below my elevated semi-treehouse room and are gradually fading when I sleep the more days I stay. Think of this place as “over the beach”. As the only customer I have my own private balcony with chair and table to enjoy my Toscanellos, coffee and electrolyte water (I make myself).
I thought about moving to a more luxurious hotel yesterday but after finding the food down beach more expensive, being guided to a water heating thermos and my other choice place (newly constructed) with an elevator that seemed to just stop randomly, I decided to stay longer. How long? Hey, this is COVID days, life is one day at a time.
The bed is an issue but after my booked 2 nights, why not another night? After all at nighttime local people gather next door for drinks (more “drunk” than “drinks”) at nighttime and everyone has fun. What more could a vagabond need!?