Rain, rain and rain. It seemed not to stop. And we did not came here during the rain season. Because there was not much we could do in Koh Lanta we left the place and went to Krabi. For sure there it was also raining, but we did not spent the time at the sea side without any other options.
After settling up we went in Krabi to the bay and saw there a big monument of the animal having a similar name to the city name. A huge crab.
Bernd got a bit to close to one of the smaller crabs, so I had to rescue him before he would get eaten by the bigger one, at least it looked like the smaller one wanted to hand him over.
After this shock he cautiously went away and ended up in front of a giant eagle. Luckily for Bernd he did not see him and he got away without getting another big shock.
On the way along the bay we met Mexican/Spanish couple, they were talking with a guy offering a boat trip to a cave. The idea of going into a cave during this rain was a great idea. So we also joined them and got by a longtail boat to a small island with one of this rock hills or mountains.
First thing we found on the island was the bat cave. So he is not living in Gotham City, he lives here in Krabi. Or is it an additional hideout for Batman ?
Before we could enter the cave we found a skeleton of a human on the ground. Bernd was close to throw up, when he saw the bones.
The interior of the cave was really amazing, especially with the lighting. I've seen several caves in Europe, but they did not give us the same feeling we could get here.
And not only the big cave was interesting on this island, the jungle around us and also the view we got on the river was worth getting here.
After coming back to the bay we headed more into the centre of the city and went to Wat Kaew Porawaram. The first temple we visited in Thailand on our trip.
From the temple we got to the night market. The night market is not like a market in Europe. The people get to the market to buy some food and not so min for buying stuff. A different culture and thought about markets. We spent there a lot of time eating several different Thai dishes, all tasting so good and you can only stop eating when your stomach is full.
But the market was not the end of the day. Later we got on a bus to Ao Nang, went there to some bars and also to a Muay Thai boxing competition. We have never seen a competition like that before and it was just amazing.
The next day we decided to get to Ao Nang to spent some days at the beach and maybe make a diving course. The forecast was saying that it would stop raining and the weather would be great again. We found a great place in Ao Nang to stay it, met there many nice people and good hospitality. The only negative was that the beach is rather far away, but thatfore no loud bars around.
On the way down to the beach we could not resist to take a look at the rocks. It feels like you can never get enough of looking at them. They are also famous for climbing, we should try that one day.
Down at the beach we did not immediately jump into the water. The view we got offered was so nice that we almost forgot to go swimming.
At the end of the beach we found the monkey trail, a path leading to another beach belonging to one hotel. At the trail were felt like hundreds of monkeys, so we got to take care of our stuff. This time we did not have any food so it was much easier.
From the monkey beach we could see a rock in the water, we thought it might be the so called James Bond Rock, at least it looked like the one they announced on the tour pictures around here.
As expected, the next day became a sunny day. Because it is not so interesting to stay at the beach on front of you we decided together with to travelers from our hostel to take a longtail boat to Railway beach. The way to get there lead us along some nice islands and other beaches inviting us to stay there.
The next days I spent most of the time in the water, first only diving in a pool and then in the Andaman sea close to Koh Phi Phi.
The good weather lasted for all the days I spent diving and on the last day back to Ao Nang we got to see one more amazing sunset. Yes again a sunset, I never get enough of them.
And at the end I got passed my exam and the allowance for open water diving.
Well and they also gave me a t-shirt as a good memory and for them commercial.
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