Maritime Park Spa Resort Krabi

... Beach Bungalows was waiting with the jeep. Thank goodness we would never have found the bungalows otherwise. <br><br>Tucked on an isolated stretch of beach with amazing views of the surrounding karst landscape, but I was too busy to notice all that ... running into massive hugs from Mum and Dad, who I haven't seen since March. Paul couldn't get the camera out fast enough, so luckily there's no evidence of me and Mum streaming with tears!<br><br>We sat down at the ...

... br>The pillow and mattress, although they appeared clean, were rather disgusting. They smelled musty, and were too damp even for this weather. I began to wonder how many peoples' love juice I was drooling in last night. Then I noticed some creatures on the wall - like worms, but flat. Possibly leeches, but I wasn't sure. They looked as if they were waiting (just out of arms reach) for me to sleep so they could wriggle along the ceiling and drop onto my face for lunch ...

... and I were treated to the most delicious Thai food since arriving here five months ago. As the only dining establishment at our remote resort, we were delighted to find such remarkable dishes prepared for the &#8216;captive&#8217; audience. My favorite dish was the tom kha kai soup made with chicken, galingale (a ginger like root with citrusy flavor), coconut milk and lemon grass. Each night as we dined in the open air restaurant on the ...

... day, the beach was really secluded and the place was really quiet. Its surrounded by huge limestone mountains and palm tree's. Theres also a huge limestone karst jutting up out of the sea opposite the beach which we swam out to and got a stunning view of the beach. It was really beutiful and we wished we had stayed there longer!<br><br>Off to Phi Phi next so we'll try and do a blog from there.<br><br>Bye <br>

... tell us about the harmful snakes around the island and the hidden ghosts near the pond and rubber trees. That's why 2 days ago, we (means Pan and me) were scared to death on our very first night. Last night it was Ajon's turn to fear! Hahaa...the laws of karma actually existed! In the end, we learn that the snakes and ghosts stories aren't not true. He did exaggerate it in order to ...

... but we think "our" beach was the best. On our final night together (and Kate and Brian's penultimate night of their 8 months of travel), we had a seafood feast overlooking the harbor. Kate and Brian selected heaps of green tip mussels, a couple of squid (eat squid and cuttlefish if you are ever in Thailand), crabs, and a whole fish for the cooks to prepare. We spent a lot of the evening planning what we will do together if/when we ...

... and what I imagine Tahiti to be like. Not too shabby, eh? Khao San was a bustling city with LOTS of people, shops/restaurants open until the wee hours of the morning and vendors trying hard to get you to buy their wares. There were lots of temples or "Wats" in the cities and not as many here. Traffic in Varanasi, Agra, Delhi and Mumbai was UNREAL!! The roads were extremely crowded with cars, bicycle rickshaws, auto-rickshaws ...

... tide had risen and the water was very rough and there we several tours trying to get through this little hole. Another tricky task for us not being very strong swimmer but we arrived safely back on the boat if not a little tired!! The boat then started making its way back to Phi Phi and the sun was just setting as we tucked into our fried rice. Overall a very tiring but very worthwhile day! We left by ferry on Wednesday to go to Ao Nang - Railay beach.