Day 5: Khanom Beach, Nakhon Si Thammarat

Khanom beach is not too touristic, unlike Pattaya and Phuket. Its basically quiet and does not have entertainments similar to Pattaya or Phuket. The way I like it :-)


If lazing by the beach with a book and enjoying Thai food is something you like, this is your place. There are many hotels to choose from. Tomorrow we will go around to admire some of the other hotels along the same stretch of beach.

Our family room. Bed separated by a large glass partition

Pool is a few steps away from the room

The small pool just infront of our family room. The kids played

a lot in it.... including me

Baan Civilize has 8 rooms, 2 of which are family rooms. Quiet and private. We were probably the noisiest people around,.. er, I mean, my kids.





The restaurant by the beach. Every morning for breakfast, we sit by those tables and look out to the beach

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Monkeys by the beach

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Strong waves

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Sitting by the beach

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View from room

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Day 4: At Khanom Beach

Khanom beach is very famous in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The beach is nice. Its quite near to Koh Samui. Some pass through here before they go there.


There are many types of hotel available. Infact we were on this same beach last year. Found it by accident or rather was recommended by the lady at the tourist information centre.


The waves here are stronger than usual.


But its nice. Looking forward to some relaxing days here.

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Day 3: Patthalung to Nakhon Si Thammarat

We decided to move on to Nakhon Si thammarat. That's the great thing about not following any tour or having fixed booking. We are free to be impromptu.


The only confirmed booking we have is at Khanom beach.


We stayed a night at a city hotel in the heart of Nakhon. Its not a public holiday or any sort of holiday, so its kinda empty. But hotels near the beach are fully booked on 31 Dec to 1 Jan.


One thing that I have learnt about the Thais , they work hard and play even harder. During public holidays, their resorts are fully booked with holiday makers.


We did some shopping of silver products and other stuffs.


I ate my cheapest meal of "khanom chin nam ya" green curry with noodles. At THB10. Record breaking. My cheapest record was at THB14 in Chiang Mai.

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Day 2: Photo at Thale Noi

There is a museum and watch tower at the Conservation head office. And also accommodation for officers.

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Day 2: Thale Noi - Cycling

The boys riding the 2 seater bike.

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Day 2: To Thale Noi, Patthalung

Thale Noi is the largest bird sanctuary and conservation in Thailand.


Its not exactly crowded because you would have to love nature to enjoy this place. I do.


We took a long tail boat at 5.45pm. Because according to a write up I read in the internet, it gets really hot in the afternoon. So its better to ride either early in the morning or evening. My preference would have been early morning because the water Lilies closes in the evening. Anyway.


It took up to 30 mins to reach the other side of the lake with a bridge and water buffaloes. Yes, its that huge. So the whole trip was about 1 hour and cost THB 400.


The evening ride was amazingly peaceful, cooling and in awe of the effort put in by the Thai to give the birds a sanctuary.


Pink Water lilies growing everywhere. Not many birds, though.


We spent a night in a chalet called Lan Bua Resort for THB800. Has 2 queen beds. Just perfect for us.

This is a small and peaceful town. Nothing much to do but we did get to a two seater bicycle and rode along the town. Which was really interesting for the boys. And fun too.

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Photo at market 5

Ice cream made from coke for THB0.50

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Busy scene at the market. Everyone buying and selling

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Sitting in the market enjoying a drink while Joel had Pad Thai and I, the noodles.

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Frog meat sold in the market. Its a common meat sold at the market

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Photo at market 1

Had "khanom chin" with green curry. One of my favorite. Its noodles eaten with fresh vegetables eg basil, cucumber, mint and other type of leaves. Free flow. Help yourself.

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Day 2: In Hatyai

Early in the morning, we went to the biggest morning market in the South of Thailand. It was a mini Chatuchak. Located in Songkla, about 30 mins drive from Hatyai town, near the junction of Chana Road.


Stuffs sold was mainly food and clothes for the locals. Not exactly for tourist. But its really interesting to see all types of local food and fruits being sold. There are even a few antique sellers.


I bought an old iron and. steamboat container. Since forever I have been fascinated with antiques.

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Onward to South Thailand, Again

We made a similar trip last year. So this year being the second trip, we are more confident, I think.


Last near I didn't really blog about my trip, as a result, there are many places which I have forgotten. Hopefully, this year my information on the travel will be more complete.


The whole family never got bored of Thailand. Three years of residing, annual trips and still going strong on wanting to return whenever possible :-)


Thailand has that effect on all its visitors.