25.08.13

Ha!! You just know we wouldn’t have got to lie on the beach without just a little adventure on the way……

So we arrive in Krabi, first, real coffee!! I have had the really good and the absolute worst coffee on this trip. The lowest point being a dirty cup full of kind of dish like water, as I took a gulp Sarah noticed the bugs decorating the rim of hers, hmmmm chewy. I can forgive that, but freeze dried? Why? It is a crime against coffee and I am not proud to admit quite how much I have drunk over the last few weeks, and more so over the last few days.

Ooh double expresso how I miss you when you’re gone!

Ooh really good cappucino how I miss you even more!

I think it only right that I start to look into places for research for my cafe, only I need to give my community the best tea and coffee……already dreaming of putting my back pack back on.

Ok, returning from my tangent.

Krabi is just wonderful after the busy city, a small peaceful town, and the sun is out. We think we will just go and relax on a local beach, but  spontinaeity hits us and we find ourselves on a boat to Rai Lay beach……..(spelt in numerous different ways depending on what map you look at!)

We head for the South bay, a beautiful walk…..

……but before we know it we find ourselves climbing a rock face, slippy with red mud, whilst hanging on to a rope, in my bare feet, bikini, and now staple wardrobe item, travelling pants (where have these been all my life, they are my perfect pants!) Sarah has some photographic evidence to follow. Half way up we look at each other, really? This is kind of hard, and we can’t see the top, how did we get here? But a man behind me says, ‘do not think, just keep going up’, well what could I say, up we go with a new moto for life!!

The view at the top was spectacular.

And then to the beach, and I promise, hand on heart, from here on in we have, for a while, stopped. Moving only for food and water, to change our ipod tunes, or take a quick dip in the warm ocean, oh yeh, this is what this girl needed before coming home……………

A holy shrine??

That evening we have a feast at the food night market, ravenous we try various puddings to start followed by pad thai.

26.08.13

We were prepared to wake up to monsoon storms, but oh no, it just got better…..

We head to the West coast…..need I say more?

In the evening I headed just for a quick one to the bar here at the hostel. I see my first fire fly (can’t wait to come visit and meet you Sarah’s Mum and Dad, and I hear the fire fly’s are a sight to be seen!)

Why have a quick one when you can end up chattng with wonderful people. Getting up and singing summertime with an amazing guitarist who seemed please to have a moment not accompanying drunken karaoke, just a drunken soul singer instead. Then going to bed a little wobbly, but a very happy, very whole, Helen.

XxX