Ngwe Saung

Burmese for "paradise". Not really, but it should be! After a 4.5 hour drive along perilously curving mountain roads, we made it to the beach. Our hotel was "nice" as Rose put it...or spectacularly beautiful as I would say. On each side of reception were little room houses and straight behind was the pool which led to the beach. I know that my whole family has dreams of returning to Turks and Caicos, but you may want to reform those dreams. Ngwe Saung is definitely where Jimmy Buffett sings about! (besides the Mexican cutie on his tattoo...those are in Mexico)
The sand was that perfect white fine grain. The water was a perfect temperature and clear enough to see  our toes at 5 feet deep (and not even very salty). The whole place seemed virtually empty too! We probably saw 3 couples and 2 families the whole time we were there. The staff was attentive, the sun wasn't too hot, and the seashells with cool patterns weren't broken (tough to find...).
So yeah basically it was amazing.
At almost every meal, we had fresh lobsters. Let me tell you the process of how we went about getting these lobsters. First, you stop your car on the side of the road and have a discussion with the owner of the stand you stopped by. Then you go into the back to their dark wooden shed. Finally, a flashlight is turned on and you are staring at the spiney things of ginormous live lobsters! Sounds a little sketchy, but totally worth it :) At night we sat on the beach in almost complete darkness. I have never seen so many stars in my life! If only we actually knew anything about constellations...
Our second day there we had a little adventure to the cliff at the end of the beach. At night the tide washes up over rocks in this area and during the day as the water recedes until only little pools of water are left, trapping the sea life. We saw small green crabs and tiny fish. Oh and so many hermit crabs! Some of them were as big as the tip of my finger! So cute!! I could probably have snuck them through customs, but I doubt they would be alive when I got home.
Anyways, it was terrific. A weekend trip there once a month shouldn't be too much to ask right?
Look for pictures, coming soon!