After the trek, we headed down south to Phuket to visit my friend Enjoy. She let us stay with her, and she also drove us around in her friend's car all day to give us a private, local-led tour of the island. We visited a temple, an elephant camp, various beaches, and a lookout point for sunset. It was a wonderful day, but by the end of it, we were all pretty tired. We only spent one day in Phuket, then headed to Krabi (grah-bee).
In Krabi, we stayed at a nice hotel with a beautiful balcony view of the ocean, a luxurious pool, and very comfortable beds. We spent a few days on the main land laying by the beach or the pool, taking walks up and down the vendor-lined road in the evenings. We also spent one day on an island called Railay just off-shore. The beach was not as exciting as the trek-- or, at least, not in the same way. We kept joking that we should have been on a honey moon because there was absolutely nothing to do except soak up the sun on the beach... which was exactly what we were looking for. It was so relaxing to have no schedule, no rules, no place to be... I took great pleasure in just breathing in and out, noticing the absence of city smog.
As you can imagine, I had a lot more time to take photos than on the trek. Here are some of my favorites. I hope that you can smell the salt water, feel the heat of the sun, taste the freshness of the air, and hear the gentle breaking of the waves.....
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