So… we spent our first few days of our big adventure at Treehouse on Long Beach, Koh Chang. More by luck than design, it’s virtually at the end of the road which will, ultimately, circle the island and connect everything up, and the generator clicks off at 1am.
So, when you wake all you can hear is the waves swashing back and forth below you, geckoes scuttling in the palm thatch, bird song, leaves and sometimes the occasional longtail boat.
It’s a very classic Thai beach, white sand leading into water so shallow at low tide that it heats to the temperature of a bath, tall palms leaning in towards the sea, limestone headlands covered in jungle projecting like camel’s humps at either end, and a view out to Koh Wai and the tiny Koh Nai islands. Continue reading