Baan Taveesri Krabi

... enough, when the damn was opened the water level rose and the rapids looked really quite rapid. We all jumped in our rafts and took off. Now, the one thing we hadn’t considered about the situation was that when the damn was open there would be a mad rush to get on the river while the river was running high. All the rafting companies set of simultaneously, so it felt more like being on a bumper car ride than a white water rafting ...

... all the time. I found a cheaper room further up the east beach and went up the trail to the viewpoint and lagoon. Another totally enjoyable scaling of steep root formations and I reached the top for a brilliant view of the east and west beach (mainly you see the east beach, which is a shame cos its the sh*ttest one). Then I wandered to the South beach, which is also amazing.
I met up with the two Aussies and the Brit I had been climbing with, and we chilled and ...

... with water. Our faces were also smeared with white paste made from talcum powder. The Thai people were very sweet and apologetic as they carried out their actions! Judith tried to retaliate with a rather small and pathetic water pistol. We arrived at the Peace Resort looking like two drowned rats and got some very strange looks! Later in the day, the staff at the Peace Resort paraded round the grounds ...

... have to jump into the water, swim to a wooden ladder coming straight out of the water near sharp, rocky cliffs, and then walk to the other side of the island where Maya beach is located. This normally is an easy task I would imagine but we came on a day when the sea was very rough so the waves could easily slam you into the jagged rocks if you didn't have perfect timing. Luckily I encouraged us all to wear life jackets because the tour guide sure didn't ...

... The Beach was filmed. We set off about 11.30am and stopped at our first snorkeling spot in an area with loads of other boats scattered about. I was really enjoying looking at all the fish until I realised there were a lots of rocks beneath me and the boat was quite far away. Fi had already said she didn't like how choppy the water was and that she was going to head back, so I started trying to swim that way. However, I'd ended up caught in a current with the waves ...

... and pink phones and making the peace sign on every picture!! On the way to Tonsay bay to get our lunch, we pass by Monkey Beach. We throw some watermelon to them and they jump and fight for it.


After lunch, we do a bit more snorkelling, the waves are getting higher and we suspect some rain. We also stop by Vicking's cave, where birds' nest are collected for soup (it is a delicacy in China, apparently). We finish the day by ...

... days of decompression from Bangkok. I ended up staying in Krabi town for 2 nights. The staff at the guesthouse I was at kept making me come out to the local bar to celebrate someone's birthday. Then another birthday the next night. Finally made it out the next morning after the ladyboy waitress at the bar grabbed me and tried ...

Hi All, Arrived in Krabi about 2 days ago have now lot all sense of time,date and what day of the week it is perhaps now i have taken on traveler mode where there is know sense of time untill you have to catch a flight or want to move on .... The weather here is very changeable sunbathing one minuite and then the most amazing heavy rain you have ever seen !!! Monsoon season definatley still here. The ...

... owners, On this land they grew coconuts and rice (there is no money at all to be made from coconuts here) now the grounds were landscaped lawns with coconut trees and a small stream flowing through, all very picturesque. We were the only residents in the resort and it seemed as if we had the island to ourselves only. Personally I could have ...

... to our hotel to grab our backpacks and head to the next door resort for the bus pick-up back to the port & ferry back to the mainland.

Needless to say the taxi/pick-up truck was somewhat quiet as all our fellow ravers were in a similar condition to us, except the annoyingly chirpy English girl sat next to Katie, who would not shut up the whole way to the boat. I'm pretty sure my fist was clenched most of the way as I imagined all the ...