Ocean Garden View Resort Krabi

... us, sailing ship silhouettes in the foreground, and a thunderstorm out to sea - pretty good way to have dinner (although some of our tour group was more interested in throwing rocks around in the shallows than looking at the view, BOCs).

After a few days I moved over to Ton Sai to meet up with Maria from earlier in my travels through Laos, and to do some climbing with Steve. We sorted out a beginners' half day course with a Thai guy called Zak and ...

... would not be travelling if I wasn't), remembered that my right hand is free, does exactly what I want it to, and never gives me sh*t over any decision I make...and smiled again. Also, I have not been travelling to destinations in Thailand that are popular with backpackers yet. DOH!
I settled in The Reggae Bar - a large bar with a free buffet (aaaah) and a Thai Boxing ring, with the chance to fight anybody else in the bar for a free bucket. I thought about having ...

... my school gives everyone a week off for "Fall Break," and that is what happened last week. Lauren was already off work the entire month of October, so it worked out that we were both off from work this week and decided that we needed to get back to our true passion….. the beach!

The amazing part about Bangkok is travel to anywhere in Southeast Asia, especially Thailand is so cheap and easy. We booked plane tickets and a bungalow at a nice resort, and headed to Railay ...

... vu de films et je me régale – j’adore ca les films), lecture, ecriture, et puis je me ballade après pour aller trouver un resto pour diner et la journée passe en fait plutôt vite.

Le 9 eme jour le temps se débouche enfin et je prends donc mes chaussures de randos pour explorer enfin. Il y a un petit point de vue que j’aimerai aller explorer. J’ai vite fais le tour et ca en vaut la peine. La vue du point de vue est magnifique et j’ai ...

... an leveled the town on Ko Phi Phi. I couldn't believe the
pictures when I say them, and even more-so with the current state of the town,
as it looks as if nothing ever happened. Soda cooked us up a fantastic Thai
dinner along with good Thai beers. We hung out on the beach that night and
enjoyed watching idiots and gap year babies stretch their limits by jumping
through firey hoops and over flaming jump ropes. Nathaniel and I retired early
as ...

... here or there by the touts. Not wanting to go with any of them, we decided to head off in any old direction. After walking for a while, we got some directions off a foreigner running a dive shop which was nice, but we looked at the guesthouse he recommended which was too expensive for what it was worth and had no air con. So we trecked up this mountain, by which time Jaye was getting very cranky and were showed another 'bungalow' in another guesthouse, which had ...

... evening we wandered around the heavily westernised streets which even included a Seven Eleven and several banks on the island, we had a bit of a spending spree, purchasing one of our best buys yet some fancy snorkeling masks. In the evening we and managed to find a small stall that only cooks Pad Thai on a street where only the locals go. Then we bought some beers and went for an evening stroll along the beach. The following day was one of our most eventful ...

... Mr. Soda had been buried under 3 meters of rubble and after many hours, during which he thought he would die, was finally rescued by two Western tourists. He is thankful to the Tsunami for the chance to reopen his restaurant. [I'm still not quite sure of the logic in that statement.] It occurs to me that this entry is premature, seeing as I have yet to actually visit The Beach (AKA Maya Bay). I'm going there tomorrow and I'll be sure to update the entry when I return.

... con tre spiaggie connesse tra loro ma raggiungibili solo via mare. La piu' bella e' sicuramente Phra Nang, sia per il fatto che e' sovrastata da un picco di roccia incredibile, sia perche' e' l'unica senza resort; anche West Railay beach e' fantastica, ma e' dominata da tre resort di lusso e quindi di stare li' a dormire non se ne parla. Noi siamo a East Railay, una baia dove arrivano tutte le piccole imbracazioni da Krabi: spettacolare anche ...