Krabi, Thailand

It took us about six hours split between bus and ferry to get to out next destination, Krabi. It's located directly west of Koh Samui. It's a small town with less tourists than Koh Sanyo, but still has a similar feel. The people are friendly and helpful if you ask for directions or something.

They have a cool night market here where everything is so cheap and the food is always good. You can eat an entire meal and walk by another vendor, smell their food and be hungry again. It's that good.

Our Thanksgiving consisted of eating pizza and burgers. Not too bad for not having turkey and gravy. It's not hard to find American food out here if that's what you're after. The popular places hippy find in America are many 7-11's, McDonald's, Subway, and KFC.

One of the beaches we stayed on wad accessible only by long boat. And to conserve energy our resort would shut off power from 6am-6pm, which is fine since we never spend anytime there. Some places have really cold showers while others are semi warm.

Our bus stop

Angthong National Marine Park, Thailand

We took a ferry (go figure) to this national park that consisted of 42 small island. When we got the we took a hike up to a lagoon, but unfortunately we were not able to swim in it. The beaches on these islands were pretty incredible though. Although while swimming you would occasionally get bit by sea lice. Feels like a slight pinch but doesn't last. Afterward we kyaked around some of the islands and found some caverns to go through. These islands are based off the book, "The Beach". We climbed to the highest peak to get a view of all the islands. They are all so closely bunched together and look amazing. When we got back.on the ferry to head back they let us jump off the top deck into the water.

View from inside the cave

Tight spaces

The Grand Palace

Built in 1782 for the king of Thailand to reside. Now its been vacant for a while attracting many tourists. Pretty cool place though.

Koh Samui, Thailand

We caught a flight down to Suratthani. Apparently it rained incredibly hard earlier in the day and flooded the city about thigh high. There was water everywhere. Luckily we got there in the afternoon when most of the water subsided. Even the bus we took a ride in to the dock had water everywhere inside and was dripping water. We drove for about 1 1/2 hours to the dock. Our bus kept bottoming out while driving. We then caught a ferry to Koh Samui. The islands are a sight to see. Large rock formations covered in greens erecting from the waters. 

Our driver from the dock to hotel could not find where we needed to go and was getting frustrated. He was going 100km in a 30 zone and he kept sniffing something he had stored on his dash, so we finally just told him to stop and drop us off. Luckily for us we were approached by a npn- English speaking Argentina woman who we negotiated a room with for 350 baht (about $12). Happened to be right across from the beach in a back alley next to a few shops. 

We walked along the beach until it ended, then ventured through a small jungle until we saw the beach again. 

That night we got much needed massages. It's a little fun negotiating here especially if you get the price down past where you want it. 

Ferry ride over

Poured the first night

Doing the dishes after cloing time

The street we stayed on

Our jungle hike

These Thai women definitely wreck your body. Sometimes feels good, sometimes just hurts. They walk on your body while using their heals to kneed your calves, back and thighs

Making delicious rotis, a crepe style dessert