Buri Tara Resort Krabi

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Made it down to Krabi to meet up with Deb and Pete. I was so excited to see them. We stayed at Ao Nang beach, a lovely, surprisingly big holiday place. It was very hot!!!! We had a few nights out, (I'd forgotten how funny the lady bars were ) chilled out by their lovely pool and ate our body weight in spring rolls! Blissful. We also did a tour which included ...

... city established on old trading routes. Because of this, it has a reputation for some good night markets and the like. As well as this we were lucky enough to be here during a festival where the sky was filled with miniature hot air balloon lanterns and fireworks. As well as this we spent a lazy couple of days at an Elephant Nature Park, basically a rescue centre where we were able to get hands on washing and feeding the elephants as ...

... the nearest foot or hand hold was. Instead, he responded "I don't know!!" Very encouraging. Once she had reached the top and was ready to make her way down, she waited for the instructor to give her the okay, but instead she heard me yelling up at her "He's on the phone!!!" His cell phone had rang during Whitney's ascent and he was holding the rope, crouched at hte bottom of the rock, chatting away.She responded, "On the phone!!!???" All the other climbers and instructors had a ...

... That was the case this time, I was in Bangkok for less than 24 hours before taking off for the beaches of Southern Thailand.

We hopped an overnight bus from Bangkok to Krabi and left the noise and lights of the city behind. I'm not sure how we managed to sleep (all long-distance buses in Thailand are pumped full of frigid air conditioning and deafening noise from loud Thai movies) but when we woke up the sun was rising over towering limestone cliffs in the distance. We ...

... we were pooped. It was absolutely scorching hot all day and we were both looking a bit pink and sweaty. We had a shower to freshen up and went for a little stroll along some of the colourful shops, restaurants and bars before strolling along the beautiful beaches. As we strolled through paradise, we noticed lots of posters advertising various Full Moon parties being held later that night. Full moon parties in Thailand are world famous and we were keen to go along and ...

... are set against the wildness of vegetation growing from the sheer cliff faces of the limestone karsts. It is a region of waterfalls, wildlife, temple caves, tree houses and thick jungle. The park is an area dominated by spectacular forest-covered limestone crags rising as high as 1,000 metres. Here we explore virgin rainforest and learnt about the wonderful wildlife from our local guide. Apparently where the forest is most dense a few tigers still roam and the ...

... That being said I would like to talk about something other than climbing over dinner. We've been eating at a Thai place on the beach (70-100B) called Kruui Thai for. Great Thai food. For lunch I tend not to eat much but if we do go out its @ one of the chicken lady stands for some fruit or something. Yesterday Danielle and I rented a sea kayak and cruised around the Prah Nang penninsula. Some of the islands here are a ...

... into quite a drunken evening watching Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) in the 'Reggae Bar'. After a few too many buckets, and some difficult games of pool we decided to call it a night and went to bed, somehow managing to find a kebab on the way home! The next day, we had breakfast in the 'Little Britain Cafe' (somewhere we would usually be ashamed to visit, due to it's very touristy nature, but we needed a proper British fry up! And it was good). We walked up ...