Sandoway Resort Ngapali

For the past 5 days, I have been hanging around the beach not doing anything. The idea is to get a sun tan before I leave to make everyone jealous back home. Clearly, I got burnt on the first day and had stay in the shade for 2 days so I could recover. Still, the sun tan is back. I met up with the Aussie guys from Inle Lake. We spent some time playing guitar with a group of locals, drinking and laughing. They left after 3 days to go back home. The beach is very quiet. There are ...

We only had a brief stopover while here. This was my first experience riding in a trishaw. Let us just say that it went less than splendidly. First of all, my hips would not fit. Maybe if they put two cushions down? Nope. Three? It was uncomforable, but in this way I was able to manage. It still hurt, but at least my hips weren't being entirely supported by armrests while we cruised along on rutted out dirt roads. My driver ...

... knowingly back in Tian Shi about 9 months ago). So I figured I'd walk there and check it out for myself. If it wasn't open the next decently priced place appeared to be nearby, so I figured I'd just keep walking and find a place eventually. After 20 minutes of walking I hired a trishaw driver. As we neared the first village a kid doused us with a bucket of water. I laughed and enjoyed the refreshing coolness brought on by the water. Then I ...

This is the place I want to build my bamboo hut and relax for a few months...swim in the Bay of Bengal, have a massage under palm trees, drink fresh coconut milk while watching the fishermen pulling in their catch and local kids splashing in the waves naked and happy until its time to return to school in the ...

Welcomed at Ngapali Beach Airport by the open arms of Danijela, the trip through Myanmar takes a relaxed turn with four days of sun, surf and wonderful seafood (another three S's): every day was a feast of fresh fish, octopus, squid, crab and all for the price of a glass of beer in Holland. Managed to avoid getting tooo badly burnt, and getting sand in our room (I was good, wasn't I, Dani?). And a nice ...

... There are tons of local restaurants with excellent seafood for next to nothing. Two giant prawns would set you back $3.50, 15 medium shrimps, a whopping $2.75 with crab for about the same price. Great food, incredible beach... no wonder we keep extending our stay here. 3 nights turned into 7!

... things change afterwards. We have a lovely time downtown, I have my first myanmar conversation with a group of ladies (without translater nearby), which I am able to do for at least half and hour! Many more to follow afterwards... In the evening we meet lots and lots of kids and other curious people in front of her house. After numerous photoshoots, we make our way to the nearby Pagoda. I feel like 'de rattenvanger van Hamelen', as lots of kids follow me ...

... closely. No one suggested compensation for their services. I got to see a wedding reception and the parading of the happy couple through town - much like the horn-blowing affairs at home. It also appeared that official news was provided to the populace by loudspeaker travelling about on a cart. Maybe they were just promoting a new oxcart dealership! I was unsuccessful finding anyone selling fruit juice to smooth out the local rum I'd ...

3 jours entiers de plage! palmiers, sable blanc et mer turquoise....En + il n'y a pratiquement personne. Il faut cependant lutter pour arriver, le trajet en bus est un vrai cauchemar! 10h pour faire 200km dans la montagne avec un bus vieux comme tout et sur une piste. On etait a l'arriere du bus et on decollait de notre siege parfois!! En plus ...

... sure these big cockroaches were not climbing on me. After an hour of large waves, we ended up going back to beach early - I was so sea sick and eager to get off that boat. We just decided it would be best to spend the rest of our time on land swimming and lazing on the beach. Seafood and more seafood One of the biggest draws of Ngapali beach has to be the fresh and cheap seafood. We had a whole fish seafood meal for $2 US for the both of us. The prawn ...