This
year we spent Christmas and New Year in Nai Harn. We arrived on 23
December and were one of about a dozen sail boats. On NYE we were
one of 45 boats.
The
yacht club dinghy dock is shorter than last year due to heavy south
westerly surf which broke the end off and washed away the walkway
built over the rocks to steps. The new manager of the yacht club
told us the surf had dropped away in the week before we arrived so we
were fortunate with our timing and being able to use the dock when we
wanted to go ashore.
Nai
Harn is a popular holiday beach and seems especially popular with
Russian tourists based on the high number of people we heard speaking
Russian, menus where Russian is the first translation from Thai and
English the third. Even at the French bakery the order is French,
Russian, English. Oh la la! But the best breakfast was the full
English.
It
was a relaxing week, watching boats coming and going, trips ashore,
renting a motorbike to go into Chalong and up to Boat Lagoon marina
where there are two very good chandleries. I set up my sewing
machine and ran up some new side sunshades. David ticked a few boat
jobs off his to do list and suddenly we came to the end of 2016 in
the same bay we began the year.
On
NYE we ate smoked salmon and roast duck and even managed to stay
awake until midnight. It was a beautiful evening to sit on deck and
watch the fireworks, more chaos than display but lots of fun, and
toast each other a Happy New Year. Where will be be in twelve
months? Possibly South Africa if the plan goes to plan.
Response from Sea Turtle for question re Galle or Trinco: Galle is the best if wanting to continue west after. Trincomalee is further up the coast and subject to NE monsoon weather at this time of year.
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