Total Princesses at Railay Beach

Well, we went ahead and spoiled ourselves with our recent days at Railay Beach. It was the end of Lani's trip and we'd just suffered through sickness in Myanmar, so we figured we deserved to be princesses for a few days in southern Thailand. We splurged on a nice hotel, with AC, television and a pool with an incredible view at the base of rock cliffs and green palm trees surrounding us. The weather was only so-so, with occasional patches of sunshine and then intermittent rain showers. We basically spent our days relaxing - between the pool and the beach, which is just what we needed at the end of Lani's travels and to help us mend from our illnesses.


We did a day trip to Ko Phi Phi Island, which was beautiful, but our weather was poor. I'd say the island is still in repair-mode from the tsunami, and I can't imagine how nice it must have looked before the water damage and such. But there were definitely tourists still visiting and it is on the mend. Our morning was spent in the pouring down rain, and then the waves were too high on Phi Phi Le Island to see Maya Bay, which is where "The Beach" was filmed. But we did do some snorkeling and we had a lot of fun seeing the colorful coral and swimming amongst the fishies.

And then our time together on the Southern Thailand islands was all coming to an end. On our last night together, we sat on the beach and watched the sunset - wuite romantic, huh? It was really the fitting way to end our trip, since we have been quite the cute couple for the last 3 months. :)

And then it was a sad day the next morning knowing that I was losing my travel buddy. We caught a boat together to Krabi town and then I left Lani waiting for her minivan and I hopped in a little truck, which they call the public bus, and rode into Krabi alone. I sorted out a place to stay for only $3/night - it was pretty much a prison cell with painted walls. And then I did some research amongst the travel agencies to figure out how I was going to get across the border into Malaysia.