Coming by cruise ship and we decided to head to the beach. Our transportation was provided by the cruise ship and free and had multiple stops along the way.

The first stop was at the beach: Coromuel. 

 We arrived at 9:02am so it is a short ride here. 

I have to say, it was a very pretty place for sure! We might just be able to have a good day. I mean any day at a beach is better than at home or working right?

Ahh, the beautiful beach with barely any waves or wind...

It was definitely a beautiful day out!

We picked out a palapa and put our things under it and decided to walk the beach to explore. 

Oh no!!! A trigger fish. I love them. 

Just look at those almost non-existent waves and wind...

The building that you would find restaurants, several convenience stores and the bathroom. 

They did have some construction going on over on the side.

They also had military presence on the beach. (I would notice this at every port stop as well). 

One thing I have to mention here (and found it odd) was that you had to grab toilet paper from a dispenser PRIOR to going into the bathroom stall. The stalls did not have any. So if you missed this, you were left to drip dry. I always check for toilet paper when I get in a stall so I was one of the lucky ones...others that came in after me was not and I had to help a few people out. lol

The kids decided they were going to get in the water. I felt how cold it was and I knew right then and there...I would not be going in. Heck, I couldn't even sit under our palapa in the shade because it was too cold. I planted myself out in front of it in the sun and bundled up with a beach towel. It wasn't long before the hubby did the same.

Sakari was coaxing Karl into the water...I seen a few quick tugs here and there and he was not liking it.

Little by little they edged their way out into the ice cold water. 

It definitely took awhile, but they made it out waist deep. It didn't last long before they came back in trust me. It was just too cold to swim and enjoy it. But, at least they could say they were in the ocean.

Well we all knew this wasn't the perfect "beach day" weather and decided it was time to pack up and move on. We spent a total of 2 hours here, drank a few cans of pop, enjoyed the beautiful scenery and that was all that we could really do here today. I imagine it would be a great place to hang out at if it was warmer. I wouldn't hesitate to come back again. 

We headed out to the bus stop and it was perfect timing. There were 3 of them pulling right up...the nice coach style buses too. Nothing better than a free ride into town to explore.