Wednesday 10 December 2025 Last day chillin’ in the village of Thai Mueang Thai Mueang is a small village on the Andaman coast in Phang Nga Province about 60 kilometers north of the Phuket airport. Now a small village, Thai Mueang was once a thriving a hub for a large tin mining operation in the 1950s through the 1980s. When the tin mining ended, most people left, leaving a quiet beachside village. This is a […]
Tuesday 9 December 2025 Chillin’ in Thai Mueang, aka Turtle Beach Today is my first full day in Thai Mueang (Turtle Beach) here on the Andaman coast in the Phang Nga Province in southern Thailand. As I said in the previous blog post, this is a very small village, and there is not much to do but relax and chill. The beach house, or bungalow, that I rented through Airbnb from Tim Newton is relatively […]
Monday 8 December 2025 A short excursion to Thai Mueang, aka Turtle Beach On the Andaman coast in the Phang Nga Province in southern Thailand is a very small town on the beach called Thai Mueang. This is about 30 minute’s drive north of Phuket. Sea turtles live along this stretch of quiet ocean, and there is a Sea Turtle Conservation, Research, and Development center there. Every year, hundreds of small turtles are released into […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 