Kayaking in Krabi

We are in Krabi now and we are preparing ourselves for the journey to Koh Samui by mini bus tomorrow, which is always interesting not knowing who your random travelling buddies are going to be for the next 6 hours.

The first day we got here was eventful because we needed a new camera after the events on Koh Phi Phi,(that we won't go into)we were sent on a wild goose chase for a phantom shopping centre in Ao Nang after we were told by the staff at our bungalows was here. When we realized that there wasn't one here we were resigned to looking in the Kodak and Fuji film shops, that have a limited stock at best, we did find a big shop and settled for a sexy little number that I think was well worth what we paid for it and Rach has struggled to put down since she bought it so she must be happy with it.

Yesterday we embarked on an interesting trip kayaking, that I was a little apprehensive about as I am not that best of swimmers and I did not fancy the kayaks chances with us two heffalumps on it! As it was the trip was very interesting filled with seeing historical parts of Krabi, enthusiastic and very informative guides, and of course struggling to get in and out of the kayak. Although no-one fell in, Rach did manage to cause a stir by slipping up on some very wet rocks and hurting her hand, but there was no real damage done. For those who have not been in a kayak it is not that simple, as Rach and I found out. I was in the back and was in charge of steering, that I did to the best of my ability but I was still rubbish at it as Rach was quick to point out. After the first cave however I did sort of get the hang of it but I won't be going to the Olympics any time soon. After lunch we went out again to a lagoon which was absolutely astonishing to look at as when we got there the rain was lashing down into the lagoon and looked just stunning. After floating out into the middle and getting soaked we were pulled into cover by one of our guides and Erik the surprisingly eloquent Dutchman who was on the trip with us. We had to head back to the camp and the rain was still bucketing down and we had to kayak back as quickly as our oars would let us (which was pretty slowly) and we were in the dry but drenched and in our wisdom both of us totally didn’t even think that it would be a good idea to bring a spare set of clothes or even a towel so we had to wring out our shirts as best we could and set in the back of the mini bus like drowned cats.

On the way back we stopped off at a natural bath. I really wanted to jump in but I was told it would be best not to as I would get soaked...again and I was drying off at this point, so I decided not to. We both got our Lloyd Grossman eating badges when we tried BBQ'd banana and coconut in grass leaf. Sounds wonderful I know but it really was. We were unsure how to unwrap it but we were shown by Tracy a New Zealander who was very eager to see our reaction as she had already eaten it and I think was disappointed because we both quite liked it.

We had to take a trip to the pharmacy because Rach had picked up a throat infection and is nursing it as we speak so I had to look after her last night.

The weather is no good here today but hopefully it is better on Koh Samui.

See you soon.