Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Krabi - Thailands Climbing Mecca!

Current Position: North 08*00'711 East 098*49'844 - Rai Lei Beach, Krabi Province.

We've landed in a Climbers dream with beautiful white sandy beaches framed by spectacular limestone pillars covered in caves and fissures. The water is still pretty clear and the beautiful emerald green colour that we've seen everywhere here in Thailand, with so many little bays and crevices it's a perfect place for Kayaking and exploring in the dinghy. We've been checking out the beaches with lots of great little restaurants tucked back in to the rain forest and a great place to watch climbers scaling every available cliff face. They give half, full and three day courses on Climbing so we're seriously considering giving it a try as we're going to be around for a while and it looks like a great way to keep fit!
We've been trying all kinds of new Thai Dishes and love them all, it really seems like you can't go wrong if you like vegetables and spicy food! Prices range from 35 Baht (1 US Dollar) to around 150 Baht depending on the restaurant but they all have ridiculously long menu's so 'plenty' of choices... not so good for those of us who can be a little indecisive though!
Today we'll be moving further north into 'Phang Nga Bay' to check out some more islands on our way to Phuket. This area is also known as the Hong group with many bays almost completely enclosed by high cliffs and deep caves...sounds like a lot more exploring to be done.

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