Today we get off the beach for a day and join a 4×4 off-road tour of most of Samui’s attractions. Some will be delightful, some mysterious, and – be warned! – things get a little graphic from time to time.
So hold on tight!
Heading south out of Chaweng, there’s a chance to grab a view of the beach we looked at yesterday…
Our first stop are the so-called Grandfather and Grandmother rocks. The story is that many years ago an old couple sailed away to sort out the betrothal of their son. Their boat unfortunately got into trouble, they tried to swim to shore, but the sea was too much for them.
As they died, they became rocks, to make it absolutely clear to all what their intentions were when making the journey. A rather moving and charming story, you may think. Here’s Grandfather Rock.
Lovely.
The old man’s still got it.
I didn’t quite get all the, err, way, to see the other one but there were some other rocks around that were actually more picturesque.
When I got to Grandmother rock, basically a long cleft running along a flat rock…
…I wasn’t able to get into position to snap the hole where the cleft narrows…you get the picture.
From there, we headed inland and towards the hills, and fetched up at Na Mueang waterfall.
The second one is a way above the first one and you shouldn’t be stupid in how you try to get to it.
Avoid rock climbing by using the official path…
At the end of all that, ahem, rock climbing is a small but pleasant enough mountain waterfall.
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A view back down the valley…
…but will I get back down it! Back down the rocks safely? Where does our adventure lead us? Second post coming up soon – and there is a dead body!
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