Nice view

According to my map I could walk through the jungle over the mountain to the next beach. The trail was marked "steep trail," which proved to be an understatement. In fact, it wasn't really a trail at all, so I had to follow the blue plastic water pipes up the mountain, scrambling up rocks and over roots and vines, through tall grasses and weeds, and over streams. Worst of all was the fact that even though I was climbing a mountain and could hear the sea crashing below, I could never see it, so I didn't get any photos, which was the whole point. When I emerged from the jungle a Thai guy saw me and asked incredulously if I walked. I answered affirmatively, and he just said "shit!"

The place I came out was a secluded beach with only a few bungalows and hardly any people. The only way to get there is by boat (or through the jungle if you're stupid). So I took a nap on the beach before catching the taxi boat back to Haad Rin.

That night I went to one of the few restaurants that specialize in one thing, an Indian place, run by actual Indians. Their lassis were much better than the "lassis" the Thais make. It was expensive ($5), but worth it.