It's been an exciting past few days! Claire and I spent the weekend on Phi Phi island, which is about 1 1/2 hours from Krabi by boat. On Friday we went on a snorkeling trip around the islands. We visited Maya Bay (where the movie
The Beach was filmed - see 1st picture below), Viking Cave, and several other snorkel sites. Everything was very beautiful, and the water was amazingly blue and clear, so we saw tons of cool fish and coral. We spent the rest of the weekend relaxing on Phi Phi. It was much bigger and busier than Railay, with many more shops, restaurants, and guesthouses, but it still wasn't too crowded since it is the low season here. We went on a long trek through a very jungly area of the island to get to Long Beach, which is Phi Phi's most famous and beautiful beach (2nd picture below).
Today, Claire and I went on a white water rafting and elephant trekking day trip. The river where we rafted was about 1 1/2 hours north of Krabi in a national park area. I hadn't been rafting in a long time, and it was fun to have the experience in a different country and new environment. Unfortunately though, we had our first real spell of the rainy season, and it rained for most of the afternoon, so we had to carry umbrellas while elephant trekking. It was still a really neat experience though, and it was something I really wanted to do while in Thailand. We ended the day by getting to watch an elephant show and monkey show!
Tomorrow we will take a bus to the eastern side of the peninsula, where we will spend the rest of the week island-hopping around Koh Samui, Koh Thao, and Koh Phangan!
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