We were not actually in the village of Mae Nam, but just to the west of it, which was perfect as far as being on a quiet, slightly secluded beach. The village was not really walking distance. When we asked, we were told of two ways to get there: take the shuttle for $5 each way with scheduled departures, or walk out to the main road and hope that you don't have to wait too long for a taxi to drive by to take you there and back for $3 each way. I can't blame them, because they were technically just answering our specific questions about shuttle/taxi services/prices, but what they didn't tell us right away was that we could rent a scooter for the full day, and go to Mae Nam and more than a dozen other places on the island, for $6. Of course we strapped on the ill-fitting helmets, braved the Thai anti-French driving,** and burned rubber.
**Thailand drives on the left side of the road. I'm not exactly sure of the origin story for left-side driving in the UK or other Asian countries, but we were told that it is done in Thailand because it is the opposite of the way they do it in France, who for some reason just wan't leave Thailand alone--le grand bullies!
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