The Nine Local Guide

Plastic chairs, sea breeze and whatever came in that afternoon. Nothing fancy, everything good.

The village breakfast: pork noodle soup, served from six until it runs out.

Slow coffee under the palms, usually with a dog asleep somewhere near your feet.

Kilometres of quiet sand a couple of minutes from The Nine. Often, it is just you.

Take a scooter and turn off the main road. Plantations, buffalo, mountains ahead.

The one picture everyone takes home from this coast.

Gold light through the palms, a cold drink, nothing to do. Our favourite hour of the day.

Early morning, before the heat — the calmest half hour in Kui Buri.

Fruit from the fields behind the village, curries by the bag, and the day's fish.

Our own bar, taking shape now. Cold drinks, warm evenings, festoon lights in the palms.