After breakfast I took a stroll along the beach to the fishing village. The objective to find a transfer boat to take us to Koh Kradan and the Emerald Cave, hence cutting out the astronomical mark-up charged by the hotel. The village was a mess and primitive, mostly shacks built on stilts. The beach the other side of the jetty was full of fishing related debris. The old folks were lounging out, a group of ladies were busy with pestles and mortars and in a shed a lot of boat fixing was taking place.

Back at the resort, we took a kayak out and paddled across the bay. Annelise flagged down a longtail and got a quote from him too, which at 1000B was very uncompetitive!

Back at the pool the clouds across the bay towards Koh Kradan started thickening and rain was tipping down in the distance. Over the bay huge black clouds were swirling round. The twister touched down across the bay and a spout of water was whipped 100ft into the air. At this point we hurried back to the safety of our thatched roof shack as the heavens opened. The thunder lasted for an hour….

As soon as it seemed safe, I set off on the bike and headed for the Hilltop restaurant to return a book to the library. More refugees from Sivalai arrived. In the background it sounded like the owner's youngest child was being tortured. I stayed for a curry chicken fried rice. Booked the boat trips through the owner lady: proof that a small vocabulary of English goes a long way here.

Cycled back via the shop and picked up a few cold Singhas, water and some fresh baked thai sweet jelly things.

We chilled out on the loungers on the deck and read trashy novels. The sky was clearing, however the rain had awoken some highly aggressive mosquitoes. Back inside there was a major panic attack as Annelise leapt off the bed, convinced that a large insect had landed on her. It turned out a harmless baby gecko had lost its grip on the ceiling and fallen onto her. Brought a new terror factor to gecko bombs. I fearlessly took control and encouraged out little friend to leave by the front door.