KRABI

After a long first two weeks of teacher training I was in need of an adventure. Last Friday after class twenty six of us took off for Ao Nang Beach in Krabi Province, a great jump off point for island hopping. The next day we all rented a big speedboat and headed out to the islands. Our first stop was at these two tiny islands connected by a narrow sandbar, it's the one on the top of the picture. It was actually a little overcast which was nice, but it was still piping hot out. After that we went to Railay, which isn't actually an island, but since there is no road connecting it to the mainland and it's only accessible by boat, it seems like an island. Railay is awesome, the beaches are surrounded by huge cliffs and deep caves, and it's a very popular destination for rock climbers and backpackers. We had a relaxing afternoon, swimming and eating lunch at a cafe on the beach. The plan for our big group was to go island hopping all afternoon and eventually end up on Ko Phi Phi for the night, but since I had already been to Ko Phi Phi a few weeks ago and was really enjoying Railay, I decided to stay there for the evening along with four other people from our group. After the rest of the gang left we took a small footpath to the next beach over and found a cheap place to stay, we dropped off our bags and went out to explore. The beach where we were staying faced east and the bay was full of mangroves, so we decided to head back to the other beach to watch the sunset. We accidentally took the wrong path along the way and ended up finding another beach that we hadn't been to, it was beautiful. The beach was empty, there were maybe four other people there, so the five of us sat down on the sand and watched the sun go down. It was a very relaxing evening full of beers and good company. The next day we took off to go back to Phuket.