I'm currently sitting in the Seoul Incheon Airport, waiting patiently with Lydia for the others to arrive. I'm glad Frankenstein (my new name for my computer) is still intact and functional, so I think a blog entry is in order.
This past week the five of us from the Seoul program (Lydia, Sam, Natasha, Evan) took on Thailand, or at least a small part of it. It was a great experience, even better than I had expected. I was the last one of the pack to get in, but it was a relief to be in familiar company after what seemed like 24 hours of traveling.
First day consisted of traveling again: traveling from Bangkok airport to the Krabi Airport, only then to ride a series of shuttles and vans to what we prayed was our final destination. I guess I watch too many movies that involve tourists and imminent doom, so we all had thai paranoia on the brain ("Scam! Scam! Scam!"). After what seemed like a three hour van ride (with two ferries) we finally arrived in Koh Lanta.
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| View from our Resort in Koh Lanta |
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| View of our Resort |
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| Fried Rice with Pineapple? How about fried rice IN pineapple? |
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| Most delicious Tom Yum Gai |
Other great highlights were our private Longtail boat ride to Koh Phi Phi (more notably known for where "The Beach" was filmed). We got to check out the beach, but left when it got suffocatingly congested with tourists.
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| Walking thru "street" in Koh Phi Phi (Pronounced "Pee-Pee") |
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| Koh Phi Phi docks |
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| Part of the Phi Phi beach |
The boat trip exceeded my expectations when we got to island hop and then even snorkel. We left the crowded beaches, jumped back onto the longtail boats, and went around the island to other more remote parts...
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| Bird's Eye View of one of the pocket beaches we stopped by |
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| My private island, nbd |
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| Swimming and snorkeling with the fishies |
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| on the Longtail Boat |
After a few days at our hub in Koh Lanta, we ventured on our last day to Ao Nang. This place was much more of a tourist-driven locale, with usual annoying banter and calls to people to come into their stores. I loved Koh Lanta for not being that way. Thailand was topped off by kayaking with the girls in the morning... and who knew it was where Mortal Kombat was filmed?!? (which we were coincidentally watching when we came back from kayaking).
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MORTAL KOMBATTTT!
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Pic of me, courtesy of Lydia
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Longtail boats at bay in Ao Nang
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| Doesn't look scary? Try walking on that with flip flops, along with the fear of feral monkeys. |
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| First kayaking experience, check. |
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| Sunburn in process |
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...mortal kombat!!
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| At the Krabi Airport. Best picture of the trip! |
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A few sunburns later, our Thai journey comes to an end. Thailand, it's been real.
Sawasdee!
2 comments:
pics are FAB. love the private island. glad you weren't attacked by feral monkeys, too.
looking forward to seeing more!!
You would know about Mortal Kombat if you STAYED AWAKE during a bad movie.
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