THE Beach

Countries : 1
Cities : 4
Massages : 2
Time away : 14 days
Books read: 3

After visiting many beaches in my travels not just in Thailand but various others I have beeen lucky enough to see, I still can't choose between them and say whether one rules them all. Yet the setting of the motion picture The Beach, Maya Bay supposedly ranks as one of the best and as such I like many other vistors felt excited to feel its white powdery soft sand between my feet and gaze at the stunning scenery.

The first stop on the trip after boarding the longboat was to monkey bay, which as it suggests is a bay which indeed houses monkeys. We managed to see quite a few baby monkeys but they only came out when we got back on the boat. Next we went past Viking caves which looked quite daunting and I wished we could go inside, unfortunately it was just gliding past it in our boat. After we swam around a bit in a beautiful setting that I can't remember before being taken to another location to do some snorkeling. Here was one of the best spots I had snorkelled in with brightly coloured fish all around especially the now famous from nemo, clown fish. I managed to get a few pictures with my camera and I look forward to being able to post them up.

After it was off for a 6 hour stay at Maya Bay. Upon arrival it seemed a little crowded but soon enough you could understand why, the sand was deliciously soft cascading through the spaces between my feet and hands, though also getting stuck to my body far to easily and being a little scratchy. The easiest way to get rid of this was a quick dip in the cool sea water, refreshing and subduing any insect bites from the night before, lying back and just trying to soak the image into my mind.

The main gripe with Maya Bay is that with its beauty comes with it the incessant picture taking, now I dont mean of the landscape because you'd be a fool not to capture the beauty surrounding you here, but don't spoil the pictures with yourself  posing after model aspiring pose. In fact its not even having a picture taken with a cheesy smile that gets me, it was the fact some people felt as though this was their modelling shoot and they were Kate Moss and so for the duration of the time they were on Maya Bay they wasted with chest out, hand on hips, lip pouting posing.

In saying this it did seem as though this was an enviable paradise, with those who walked amoung its blistering hot sand having toned bodies to perfection. As if Ali G's immigration dream of only letting in the most beautiful people had come true and I had luckily managed to bypass the borders.

Still I'm not sure if I could say if it was the best beach I've ever visited let alone the best in the world but its definitely up there!