Well, we got Rai Lay after about a 90 minute boat trip which, to my surprise, ended with a short long tail boat ride to shore - which meant we were going to have to jump in all the water with all our stuff and trousers on - not amused! (Imogen note: I thought it was fun to wade to shore because I'm not grumpy and I know how to roll my trousers up so they don't immediately flop back down into the sea)
When we arrived and looked around, it was stunning. Rai Lay is an area of Krabi only accessible by boat and it is surrounded by huge limestone cliffs.
We went for a short walk towards most of the accommodation and ended up in a bungalow with 2 double beds for 500 baht a night!
First night was just a bit of exploration around where we had a nice meal in a little cafe type place, where Imogen didn't like what she got so we went to a beach side bar had some drinks and pizza!
Second day here we had a pretty horrible breakfast from our hotel's restaurant, we wandered around for a bit and then decided to go to Tonsai beach, which according to signs looked like it would be nice and easy to get to and nice place to go relax.
On the way to Tonsai we came across our resort's name sake - crystal cave. It cost 40 baht each to go in and it was really cool. It was creepy and you could hear bats on the ceiling. All the rock and stuff inside was really pretty, well worth the tiny amount of money and bit of time spent down there.
We then continued our journey to Tonsai, and came to sign saying it was 800m away and pointed towarded some forest... Being the adventurers we are we of course went for it. Early on the walk we came across what looked like abandoned housing, which in my eyes was the sort of place a mad murderer would hang out waiting for victims like us on our way past. Luckily, it was just some abandoned buildings. Eventually, we ended up on a really steep hill climb for a long time, while Imogen attracted every single mosquito in the close area. The climb involved the use of ropes which had been placed to make it slightly more manageable - eventually we came to some closed resorts, that were closed probably because of it being the off-peak season and then a short walk later ended up on the beach.
The beach itself was beautiful, perfect white sands with glistening water and hardly anyone there. We sat here for a while and had lunch because that walk definitely knocked the energy out of both of us!
We decided on walking back before sunset over getting a boat back, we weren't sure how to get the boat and this would be more fun anyway! The journey back was much quicker but with possibly more mosquitoes constantly chasing Imogen (and me this time, maybe they thought I would be easier with all their buddies trying to get Imogen). After this journey we, mainly Imogen, realised that mosquitoes can bite through fabric despite most people thinking otherwise, including through Imogen's shoe and sock!
The next day something very exciting happened... We had our clothes properly washed! After scrubbing them just ourselves for all this time we thought we splash out and get them cleaned, it cost 210 baht for all our clothes and because of the lack of clothes we decided it would be best to hang out and relax at the swimming pool for the day.
The day after this we didn't do much at all and ended up mainly at the bungalow, where we had some of the worst rain I've ever seen - which isn't so bad when you are chilling on your veranda watching the plants flood.
Today we did plan to go to the viewpoint somewhere south I think, but it is taking absolutely ages for our photos to upload, you had better appreciate every single one of them!!!
Bye bye!!
John
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