Category: Thailand

When we get off the ferry from Surat Thani, we’re not sure where to go on the island. Where we are now; has no beaches, lots of boats and too many tourists. We decide to go the other side of the island and pay 400 Baht ($12) for a four-wheel-drive truck to take us. The four-wheel-drive is definitely needed over the rough roads, steep...

Before we leave Phuket today, we take a songthaew to the beach to swim in the Andaman Sea one last time. It was beautiful, early enough so there weren’t many people and perfect to swim, play around and invent the Dolphin game. We just created jumps, turns and moves a dolphin would make. We goofed around and claimed ourselves, “Official Dolphin” winners, “Forever”. I...

Our speed boat with 30+ swimmers took us out to a coral reef. This was the first of two stops today and even though the water wasn’t clear we were able to see a nice assortment of fish.  We had 40 minutes to snorkel before we went to an island where we had two-hours for lunch and snorkeling off the beach. We spent 150...

Oh my, I’m glad I haven’t had many nights like last night. I felt like I was sleeping on a brick with a tissue on top of it, the bed was so hard. I was up at 3:30 am with my back and leg hurting. At 4 am the people in the next room came back singing and playing the harmonica. I’m sure I...

We take a small local bus to Krabi Town Bus Station to buy our ticket (180baht/$5.50) to Phuket, Thailand.  Phuket is a three-hour drive from Krabi. It is west of Krabi but we have to go north before we head west then south to the middle of the western Malaysian peninsula. Our bus to Phuket is an enormous, air-conditioned transportation bus and our backpacks...

If it’s going to rain, today is the day because we’re going on a 3 ½ hour kayak trip through a mangrove forest near Krabi, Thailand. I added a video, “Kayaking in Krabi Mangrove Forest with Monkeys” by Mantas Jarusevicius to give you a sense of “being there”. For me watching the video brought instant memories but in my journal was a very different...