I guess you haven't lived the true backpacking experience until you have lugged your backpacks and boarded a packed mini bus for $4 dollars, traveled 3 hours around the bay in sweltering conditions, just to get to your next destination. We had debated taking the boat across the bay. This for sure word have been the cooler and more spacious option, but because it involved a connection in Phi Phi island, we would have been traveling for twice as long (if not more). We decided to man up and take the bus so that we can get there quicker and start enjoying Krabi and all it has to offer.
These buses probably weren't truly designed to sit 12 people, let alone when half of the load are westerners. If you were to take a positive out of this ride, it would be the 6 lbs of sweat you probably lost during the journey. We get to Krabi town, jump in a taxi with our next stop being Ao nang beach. Fantastic
We get to Krabi and check into our 8th hotel this trip. We are actually staying down at Ao nang beach, which is just picture perfect. The hotel was on par with what we seemed to have opted for on this "back packing" trip. It's a beautiful resort spa. Clean, classy and close to everything. Once again we lucked out.
The first night we headed over to the coconut bar, which is just opposite the hotel. Time to relax, book some trips for the next day and then its dinner.
The trip we booked was to tour the islands of phi phi don, phi phi leh and bamboo island. Maya bay, which is on phi phi leh, was made famous by the movie "the beach". I knew what we were getting into, but we had come this far, so it had to be ticked off the list. I just knew it would be crazy busy with tourists ..... and we weren't wrong. The boat stopped long enough to jumped off into the crowds, snap a few photos, then go in hunt of something a little more fitting. It was fun to see Maya bay, but we saw beaches that are on a different level totally. The last beach we ended up at was Monkey Bay. It was relativity quiet ..... apart from the local monkeys that seemed to come down from the jungle during the day to play and beg / steal food from the tourists. The beach / bay itself was straight out of a postcard. Great way to end the day.
That night we decided that being on the beach and seeing all these fishing boats come in, seafood was the only way to go. We settled down for some maxing food on the beach whilst we watched the sun set. Great end to a great day ........ until I woke up sick at 3am hat was.
At first we thought it had to be something I had eaten, but we had shared everything that night and it was only me that was sick. We worked out that this little white boy was no match for the brutal Thai sun, and more than likely I had mild sun stroke to go with my lobster red tan. The price to pay for being out on the boat all day and getting so carried away that I only put sun cream on once that morning.
I was rough all the next day, which worked out well really, because all I could handle was hiding in the shade by the pool and catching up on some sleep. We were leaving in the morning, so there wasn't big partying planned anyway.
The next morning we start our two day journey back to the states. It's been a lot of fun ........ and it's been so jammed packed....... so much so that I need a vacation from this vacation ......... where to next I wonder?
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