Dolphin Bay Beach

Love 3-day weekends! Thanks to Constitution Day December 10 we got Monday off. We decided to take full advantage and have a relaxing beach weekend! After researching we decided to travel past Hua Hin (a popular beach 3 hours from Bangkok) another 30 minutes to Pranburi to get to a quiet secluded, clean beach. The area is referred to as Dolphin Bay because from February-May many bottle-nose dolphins visit this area. We were so excited when our Canadian friends decided to take the long 12 hour (from the very West side of the country) trek to join us!

We stayed at a small guest house, Long Beach Inn, owned by a Dutch family - only 150meters off the beach. Our room was bigger than our apartment! We thought we were living in luxury with a soft bed, two sinks, a shower curtain, hot water, and a tv with many American channels! Oh how our outlook has changed! The hotel also had pool and good food.

We arrived did a quick change and headed to the beach!! We had the miles of beach pretty much to ourselves! There were a few other tourists, but for the most part Thai people head to the beach around dusk. The beach was sandy; the ocean was blue, warm, sandy, and shallow - absolutely no rocks! We could walk out a few 100 yards and still it was only chest deep! We spent the day basking in the sun and cooling off in the ocean.

Low tide set in in the late afternoon, leaving a large sandbar where all the crabs would start cleaning out their homes. They all scurried to hide as we approached them. It was around this time when the people started to fill the beach. We returned to our guest house to get ready for super. We had supper beach-side - great idea!

Ice Cream and Fruit Malts!

The next day - hit repeat! Another lazy day on the beach; sunbathing, lathering on layers of sunscreen, playing in the water, spying on ocean life, enjoying oceanside refreshments - great day! Eventually we did have to lay in the shade for a bit - don't want to catch too much sun.

Long Walks on the Beach

We enjoyed a long walk on the beach that evening - and I found a starfish! I gave it to two little Thai boys who were collecting them in a  little pool on the sandbar - they were so excited!

The four of us enjoyed a few games of hearts and enjoyed a great supper with a few glasses of wine. A great last night at the beach with friends!