08/03/10: Mae Nam
Posted by: LiteraryHero
The first night in Mae Nam wasn't ideal. In fact it was noisily torturous. Normally this stuff doesn't bother me, but I had just spent a week at Than Sadet, where it is dark and quiet at night. When I say dark and quiet, I mean DARK and QUIET. There is no electricity at night, which means it is pitch black inside the bungalow at night. To go from that to an all night long party was a bit hard to handle.
That being the case, I ran out first thing the next morning and got a bus ticket back to Bangkok for the next day. This was a bit unfortunate, because after chilling out for a while, I realized that I really liked the place and wanted to stay for a few more days. Of course that wasn't a big problem to solve, I just went back to the travel agent and switched the date.
Once that was taken care of, I began my difficult work of sitting around on the bungalow porch and doing nothing. We were staying at Seedaeng Bungalows at Mae Nam, and it was a very cool place. They had what was called a 'trust bar'. That is there was a bar in which no one worked, and you were just supposed to keep track of what you drank and then pay later. Apparently it worked well, because it was still available, and I really like the idea. No less cool was the breakfast area which was also run on a trust basis. I like that style, though I was too cheap to take care of it. There was a fridge in our bungalow and the beers were cheaper at the market, so I just picked up beers there and kept them in the bungalow.
Basically all I did for the next several days was eat, drink, swim and relax. This is interesting because it is exactly the same things I did the previous week, just in a slightly more built up location. It was cool to be back in a bit of civilization, actually. The people staying at and running Seedaeng were all very cool and friendly, and it was nice to have electricity at night. Also, it was cool to have a bungalow directly on the beach, because it made going for a swim that much easier.
Other than that, I didn't really do much of anything. Jisun and I casually talked about where to go next, but couldn't really settle on anything. We already had tickets back to Bangkok, but we couldn't figure out where we wanted to go from there. Of course when you are waking up on the beach to sunrises like these, it is hard to be excited about going anywhere.
That being the case, I ran out first thing the next morning and got a bus ticket back to Bangkok for the next day. This was a bit unfortunate, because after chilling out for a while, I realized that I really liked the place and wanted to stay for a few more days. Of course that wasn't a big problem to solve, I just went back to the travel agent and switched the date.
Once that was taken care of, I began my difficult work of sitting around on the bungalow porch and doing nothing. We were staying at Seedaeng Bungalows at Mae Nam, and it was a very cool place. They had what was called a 'trust bar'. That is there was a bar in which no one worked, and you were just supposed to keep track of what you drank and then pay later. Apparently it worked well, because it was still available, and I really like the idea. No less cool was the breakfast area which was also run on a trust basis. I like that style, though I was too cheap to take care of it. There was a fridge in our bungalow and the beers were cheaper at the market, so I just picked up beers there and kept them in the bungalow.
Basically all I did for the next several days was eat, drink, swim and relax. This is interesting because it is exactly the same things I did the previous week, just in a slightly more built up location. It was cool to be back in a bit of civilization, actually. The people staying at and running Seedaeng were all very cool and friendly, and it was nice to have electricity at night. Also, it was cool to have a bungalow directly on the beach, because it made going for a swim that much easier.
Other than that, I didn't really do much of anything. Jisun and I casually talked about where to go next, but couldn't really settle on anything. We already had tickets back to Bangkok, but we couldn't figure out where we wanted to go from there. Of course when you are waking up on the beach to sunrises like these, it is hard to be excited about going anywhere.
