Travelogue :: Southern Thai Islands

The Moonberry Blog Travelogue

I was quite bent on shutting out as many distractions as possible during the last few weeks of 2013, so that I could kick back and plot my course for 2014. I had thought that I’d be hiding indoors, inside the comfort of my apartment and quietly spending the holidays in the company of my kitty cat. Alas, I couldn’t turn down an invitation to spend a week at the Southern Thai Islands – at places I’d never been before. I was having difficulty sleeping for a couple of months now and I probably should just go off somewhere to clear my head. So with fingers crossed, I jetted off and hoped that it’d turn out good.

For a non-outdoorsy person (me), what I experienced at these islands greatly exceeded my expectations! Rode a motorcycle everywhere, took ferries, hiked in the jungle, stood beneath a waterfall, soaked in a natural hot spring, swam in the ocean and baked under the sun – the last two I’d been avoiding for years. And there were gorgeous sunsets daily. Temporarily breaking out of my comfort zone did a lot of good for me. I came back feeling like all of it must’ve been a surreal dream as everything was beautiful in one form or another.