Krabi - Day 1

I haven't had much time to keep my blog up to date, so to those who have complained please accept my sincere apologies. (ya, right)

So here are some highlights from our trip to Krabi ...

Day 1: Railay Beach

The first day we took a longboat and went to check out Railay (Rai Leh), a peninsula just south of Ao Nang where we were staying. (pic of longboats here)

We arrived on the west side of the island then walked over to the east to check out Phra Nang or "Diamond" Cave (I like this photo cause it looks like a giant squid) ...













They call it Diamond Cave cause it sparkles (or here in Phuket I've seen it called Ice Cream Cave!) but I have to admit I don't recall seeing much sparkling. All in all it wasn't as spectacular as I was expecting, but still worth the short walk to see it. On our way back, because the tide had gone out, we could better see the mangroves (sorry, no photos)

Taking advantage of the low tide we were also able to walk over to another beach called Ton Sai which was much less attractive than the rest.

We negotiated with a longboat driver to be taken back to Ao Nang beach, but his boat was anchored a bit far so the water level kept rising and rising and I was getting wetter and wetter. At one point Don was trying to encourage me to keep coming and suddenly PLOP! Don's temporary tooth+plate fell into knee-deep water. There was a moment of panic knowing that the driver was waiting for us. Later, of course, Don regretted not taking the time to look for it. He now walks toothless among us!