{"id":4304,"date":"2010-01-19T18:13:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T01:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2010-01-14T22:09:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T05:09:08","slug":"the-road-to-siam-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/the-road-to-siam-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road to Siam Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25112537trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25112537trim-800x429.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"road between siam and batok bay thailand\" width=\"800\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25112537trim-800x429.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25112537trim-250x134.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25112537trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Batok Bay we took a road to Siam Bay. We saw no people, few dwellings (although that could change in the near future, I&#8217;m guessing, with the one resort on the island charging more per night than most Thai people make in a month), and some animals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25114612trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25114612trim-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"water buffalo racha yai island ko thailand\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25114612trim-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25114612trim-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25114612trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For instance, there were water buffalo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25144133trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25144133trim-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"koh racha yai island thailand beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25144133trim-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25144133trim-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/25144133trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The beach in Siam Bay was even more empty than <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/racha-yai-island\/ target=_new>Batok Bay<\/a>. The white sand was incredibly soft, the water pure, and we were in paradise.<\/p>\n<p>We found out, soon after I took the above photo, that Ellie&#8217;s bright pink shirt is loved by tropical fish. As we snorkled she was swarmed with fish who either thought she was their mother or their lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Batok Bay we took a road to Siam Bay. We saw no people, few dwellings (although that could change in the near future, I&#8217;m guessing, with the one resort on the island charging more per night than most Thai people make in a month), and some animals. For instance, there were water buffalo. 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