So we left Sunday afternoon and flew into Bangkok. The plane ride was amazing. It was 6 hours of great service, wonderful food (dinner was lamb), ice cream, all the free drinks (alcohol, soda, fruit juice, etc.) you could imagine, and Harry Potter. I enjoyed Thai International. Bangkok was a large airport but customs was just two guys chilling at a desk. They just waved to us as we walked out. We stayed at the Asia Airport Hotel, which had the worst smelling elevator I have ever been in (and that is saying a lot as I’ve ridden in Holland Hall’s).
The flight to Krabi was just as nice. When we got off the plane, I would have sworn we landed in paradise. It was beautiful. Tropical rainforest everywhere and no development in the way (Krabi town was less to look at). We hopped a taxi to the Emerald Garden Resort at Ao Nang Beach. Quite a nice place, it had great food, service, and two pools. We relaxed at the resort the first day and took a walk down into the town on the beach. There were tons of shops and crazy vendors everywhere. Guys would try to get you to hire a longboat or taxi and ladies were shouting at you about their great deals. It was unreal. We walked along the beach to these huts that were numbers and all gave massages. It was the same deal, Thai ladies trying to drag you into their huts. I got a massage with the other girls at #11. In the middle, it started thunder storming which was so cool.
The other days passed by with a similar routine. We would go on an excursion, go shopping and eating in town, and then hit the pool bar at night. One excursion was to an orchid garden then a hike in the national park up to a waterfall where we swam in this crystal clear lake. After that, we had lunch in the rainforest and went elephant trekking. It was really awesome. The next day was a boat tour to a few islands where we snorkeled and kayaked. After that, we took a day off to hang around Ao Nang. Then we went on a speedboat trip island hopping, snorkeling and visiting the beach where the movie The Beach was filmed. Overall, it was so much fun. Relaxing but at the same time I came back really tired.
The flight home was somewhat disappointing as the food was not so good and the movies not good either, but still a nice ride. I was glad to be back home (in Australia, which is now home go figure). The weather here was about 30 degrees cooler and the humidity was gone. Thailand was insanely hot and humid. Bangkok was about 103 when we left.
So now, I am in fabulous Perth settling back into reading and writing. I am also helping start up a Circle K club at another uni, Curtin. The kids there are really excited and I hope I can get them far enough along before I leave. It would be great to see another club in Australia. So that is what I have been doing recently. Over Easter, I’ll be traveling through the outback and up the coast of Western Australia, about half of this semester’s work is over, I have housing at Pitt for next semester, everything is smooth sailing. My face is almost back to normal and although I still have a runny nose, I really can’t complain.
Email me if you haven’t gotten the three videos I’ve made of this trip so far. Miss you folks!
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