Exploring Railay and surrounding islands!

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  Krabi, Thailand
Friday, July 18, 2008

Hello everyone, this is Captain John reporting to you from the most beautiful place I have ever been.  Kim and I continued our adeventure in Railay by renting an ocean kayak and hitting the high seas!  Words can scarcely describe the natural beauty here.  We took our snorkeling gear and paddled out of the bay in front of the resort into the open water.  Our first stop was at a little island that had a tiny deserted beach, perfect for docking our launch and putting on our gear.  Although the coral in this area is limited, we were still able to observe several different kinds and of course lots of fish!  The visibilty in the water was good and we saw several species we had never seen before.  One of the more bizarre organisms that seem to be everywhere in these waters is some sort of sea slug that is about a foot long, black, with a weird amoeba-like appendage on one end (a mouth?) and a hole (an anus?) on the other.  These things moved when you touched them but otherwise just lay on the bottom.  Also lots of sea urchins.  After leaving this island we paddled across the way to another island which had no shore, it was just an enormous mass of rock that apppears to be floating on the sea.  There are hundreds of thes little islands, with sheer cliffs and thick tropical foliage on the tops.  Kayaking around the base was fascinating, going in small caves and under overhangs carved out by the steady force of the tides.  We continued on, exploring several other islands before heading back to home base.  Oh, I almost forgot, on one of the islands we pulled up onto a sandy spot inside a shallow cave to escape the sun for a moment. Suddenly, Kim yelped and started dancing around saying something had bitten her and things were crawling on her.  Then they started in on me.  Turns out the culprits were these weird translucent little critters that apparantly liked to bite silly Americans!  Needless to say we got out of there rather quickly.
    Back at the resort we spent the rest of the day swimming in the pool and ocean and relaxing.  That evening, Kim and I went to the resort spa for authentic Thai massages.  I was not enthused at first (something about strangers rubbing me) but Kim insisted.  It turned out to be very relaxing and really worked out the kinks from paddling all morning.  All in all, it was a perfect day and Kim and I feel very fortunate to be experiencing it together.

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