January 20, 2013 - Rawai, Phrom Thep Cape, Yanui Beach, and Nai Harn Beach

Today we got hold of a map, with a little subsection that showed Rawai, Phrom Thep Cape, Yanui Beach, and Nai Harn Beach. The thing about little sub-maps? They make big areas look small. This is why every decent mapmaker, and, frankly, every decent human being includes a scale on their map.

I told Lucky over breakfast, as I studied what appeared to be a rather little peninsula of Phuket, that it'd be entirely do-able to walk to Nai Harn. Mark those words, by the way. They were the words of a fool.

We left early--around nine, I believe--to avoid the worst of the day's heat. This was wise. Six or seven would have been wiser.

Somehow less scary, now.

January 19th, 2013 - Exploring Rawai

Welcome to Day Two of our trip to Phuket, Thailand. We are currently staying at the Le Piman resort in the Rawai district. I’d have contributed to a Day One post as well, but that would have required more forethought than I was capable of after a 27-hour flight. Oh well...

View from the room of our villa. (We have a villa!)