Welcome to Thailand. What a relief it was to finally arrive in beautiful Thailand. On May 18Th I flew to Krabi from Kuala Lumpur. Krabi is in the southwest, not too far from Phuket. From Krabi town, you can take a quick long tail boat ride to one of the fabulous beaches around the western bend. I set out towards Ao Nang but somehow ended up in East Railey, which was a blessing in the end. Already you could feel the calmness
and relaxation of the place. All around this area are huge rock formations, making it the prime location for rock climbing. I actually never made it round to doing any climbing, but did some kayaking in
stead. It was quite a fun time even though it was blistering hot. I would've loved to have jumped in the water, only there were an ungodly number of jellyfish everywhere. I kid you not when I say there were 100's of them in the water. Now, I've never actually seen large jellies except at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California but I certainly felt them whilst diving, and even then they were so small you could barely see them. These monsters however, freaked the crap out of me. HUGE! There were some heavy storms a few days prior and apparently brought 
them all in towards land. I was even nervous to swim by the beach since they were there as well. Yikes. Needless to say, I didn't spend a lot of time in the water these 4 days.
One of things I love about the area of the world are the geckos. I absolutely love them. They are EVERYWHERE! Usually when I try to get photos up close, they are gone before I can push the zoom on my camera. For some reason, this old guy with his bum eye just sat and stared at me. I thought he was pretty cool.
So, for those
of you who know anything about me, you know that I love to eat. And one, very important reason I came to Thailand was for the food. This pic is my first meal in the country, Som Tam, and I savored every bite. I must admit that my nose started running at first bite, but I didn't care; it was great. I ate nearly everyday at this place since it was dirt cheap and super tasty.
Railey (all of Thailand, it seems) is over-run wi
th cats, which means there are many kittens. They are ridiculously adorable and I should probably take some worming pills with all of the animal coddling I've been doing. I can't help it, I am an animal freak. Apparently this kitten was happy just lounging around in the crook of my arm.
Ok, so I wa
s staying on East Railey and there was a path leading over to the West side, which was a better beach and beautiful sunsets. So nearly every evening was spent watching the sun go down on this beach. The absolute best part though, about walking the path to the westside was this huge advertisement along the way. If I remember, it was an ad for one of the hotels there, which caters to weddings and such. Well, there were a few different
photos posted on this board but only this one made me laugh out loud, each and every time I passed it. I don't think my photo does it justice, and some of you might think I'm nuts for getting such a kick out of it, but it's possibly one of the worst wedding pics I've seen AND it's posted, larger than life, on this billboard. Poor, poor people.
Well, after 4 days it was time to leave good ole Krabi and Railay Beach. Off to Koh Samui and Koh Tao. YAY
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and relaxation of the place. All around this area are huge rock formations, making it the prime location for rock climbing. I actually never made it round to doing any climbing, but did some kayaking in
stead. It was quite a fun time even though it was blistering hot. I would've loved to have jumped in the water, only there were an ungodly number of jellyfish everywhere. I kid you not when I say there were 100's of them in the water. Now, I've never actually seen large jellies except at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California but I certainly felt them whilst diving, and even then they were so small you could barely see them. These monsters however, freaked the crap out of me. HUGE! There were some heavy storms a few days prior and apparently brought 
them all in towards land. I was even nervous to swim by the beach since they were there as well. Yikes. Needless to say, I didn't spend a lot of time in the water these 4 days.One of things I love about the area of the world are the geckos. I absolutely love them. They are EVERYWHERE! Usually when I try to get photos up close, they are gone before I can push the zoom on my camera. For some reason, this old guy with his bum eye just sat and stared at me. I thought he was pretty cool.
So, for those
of you who know anything about me, you know that I love to eat. And one, very important reason I came to Thailand was for the food. This pic is my first meal in the country, Som Tam, and I savored every bite. I must admit that my nose started running at first bite, but I didn't care; it was great. I ate nearly everyday at this place since it was dirt cheap and super tasty.Railey (all of Thailand, it seems) is over-run wi
th cats, which means there are many kittens. They are ridiculously adorable and I should probably take some worming pills with all of the animal coddling I've been doing. I can't help it, I am an animal freak. Apparently this kitten was happy just lounging around in the crook of my arm.Ok, so I wa
s staying on East Railey and there was a path leading over to the West side, which was a better beach and beautiful sunsets. So nearly every evening was spent watching the sun go down on this beach. The absolute best part though, about walking the path to the westside was this huge advertisement along the way. If I remember, it was an ad for one of the hotels there, which caters to weddings and such. Well, there were a few different
photos posted on this board but only this one made me laugh out loud, each and every time I passed it. I don't think my photo does it justice, and some of you might think I'm nuts for getting such a kick out of it, but it's possibly one of the worst wedding pics I've seen AND it's posted, larger than life, on this billboard. Poor, poor people.Well, after 4 days it was time to leave good ole Krabi and Railay Beach. Off to Koh Samui and Koh Tao. YAY
Check out more pics
http://picasaweb.google.com/candimichael/ThailandKrabi#
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