Heaven on Earth

Sam in the Long Tail Boat before we got splashed

Sam and I left Khao Lak this morning and traveled by taxi to Ao Nang where we caught a Long Tail Boat to Railay Bay.  The bay is cut off from the main land by some limestone formations that make in inaccessible except by water.  We decided to upgrade our reservations and stay in another bungalow, this one isn't quite on the beach, but it's much bigger and nicer than the one we stayed at in Khao Lak.  Hopefully the weather will hold out and we won't be spending as much time indoors here as we did at our last stop.

Railay Bay is bordered on two sides by some magnificent sheer faces.  The flatiron mountains in Boulder are the only thing that I have seen that resembles them.  From what I understand, it is a rock climbers dream here, and we saw several boat loads of people dressed in their climbing gear offloading while we were sitting on the beach this afternoon.  

All in all, it was a great day, and as soon as Sam finishes his book we are headed to dinner.  We are very excited to check out the menu tonight at dinner because we are in Thai seafood paradise.  Sam would like to try the lobster but I have been incredibly happy eating shrimp.  

Keep your fingers crossed that the weather holds out- we are going to try to arrange some diving while we're here but I'd be more than happy if we stay on the beach all day suntanning.