After a little 'lie-in' and time spent washing our clothes, we headed to Koh Lan. It is a little island off the coast of Pattaya. We were expecting no tropical paradise as it is used by people on weekend breaks from Bangkok. Oh, and masses of package tourists too!
We joined the crowds and found some of the lasts seats on the boat. It was a very comfortable journey to Koh Lan and really nice to be out on the sea again. When we arrived, we were met by hoards of motorcycle taxis ready to ship us off to the beaches with the other tourists. We ignored their banter and headed in the opposite direction to everyone else. We figured that would be the only way to avoid the masses of deck chairs, numerous noisey jet skis and speeding parascending boats!
We found a quiet spot with no one around and settled down under a shady tree. The beach wasn't perfect but we had it pretty much to ourselves. It had a few rocks to swim around with our snorkels and there were a number of different fish. About 10 metres from the shore, on the bottom, was rubbish that didn't float and plenty of it! Over to the far side of the beach was all of the debris from the sea that had washed up on shore. Plastic bags, bottles, polystyrene and many other items! It's certainly not the first time we've seen an area decimated by 'plastic' that has been irresponsibly disguarded and we're sure it won't be the last.
Please try not to use plastic bags, use the bags for life. Please try to refill plastic bottles or recycle them. Please encourage the use of recyclable fast food containers, etc, etc, etc...
In England we are encouraged to be responsible and care about our environment. Unfortunately, with our own eyes we are witnessing the damage caused to these once beautiful places by lack of education, understanding and greed!
We joined the crowds and found some of the lasts seats on the boat. It was a very comfortable journey to Koh Lan and really nice to be out on the sea again. When we arrived, we were met by hoards of motorcycle taxis ready to ship us off to the beaches with the other tourists. We ignored their banter and headed in the opposite direction to everyone else. We figured that would be the only way to avoid the masses of deck chairs, numerous noisey jet skis and speeding parascending boats!
We found a quiet spot with no one around and settled down under a shady tree. The beach wasn't perfect but we had it pretty much to ourselves. It had a few rocks to swim around with our snorkels and there were a number of different fish. About 10 metres from the shore, on the bottom, was rubbish that didn't float and plenty of it! Over to the far side of the beach was all of the debris from the sea that had washed up on shore. Plastic bags, bottles, polystyrene and many other items! It's certainly not the first time we've seen an area decimated by 'plastic' that has been irresponsibly disguarded and we're sure it won't be the last.
Please try not to use plastic bags, use the bags for life. Please try to refill plastic bottles or recycle them. Please encourage the use of recyclable fast food containers, etc, etc, etc...
In England we are encouraged to be responsible and care about our environment. Unfortunately, with our own eyes we are witnessing the damage caused to these once beautiful places by lack of education, understanding and greed!
