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Upon returning from Maya Bay, we picked up our bags from the tour company's office and almost immediately bought a ferry ticket to Krabi. Little did we know we should have just stayed in Phi Phi. The ferry dropped us off in the middle of nowhere, outside of Krabi. Our...
That was fun. Maya Bay came to fame by being the beach featured in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie called, "The Beach." It is ridiculously pretty. Super soft white sand, clear turquoise warm water, protected and surrounded by giant limestone cliffs, and even coral reefs...
I have been waiting years to be here. My expectations were borderline unrealistic, and at the same time I didn't really know what to expect. I just knew it would be beautiful and awesome. Koh Phi Phi doesn't disappoint. We arrived yesterday afternoon on...
Our hotel is conveniently situated at the north end of Kata Beach. We're happy up here. You don't want to be in the middle of the beach because there's a Club Med that spans almost the entire length of the beach and you can't get through it, so you have to walk around...
We took a way too expensive taxi (we negotiated down to 350 baht for the 20 minute drive) from Patong down two beaches to Kata. It's a cute little town with a nice beach that is far less crowded than Patong Beach. We picked out a spot that happened to be right next to...
Our plan today was to go to the beach and hang out on Bangla Road. That's it. Needless to say, we rocked it. We had heard bad things about Patong Beach, but we found all the negative things to be completely wrong. We heard it was full of trash, but we'll let...
So first things first we rented a scooter at the place right next to our hotel. One day, 200 baht (about $6.50 US). Good deal. What we didn't realize is the gas gauge was not broken - it was empty when we got it. 🙁 That will come into play in a minute. We drove...
It's hard not to compare the White Temple to the Black House. It's almost as if they were deliberately created as opposites - opposite colors and locations - white is south of Chiang Rai, black is north; white is surreal, black is naturalistic; white is enlightenment...
There are basically two things to see in Chiang Rai, the white temple and the black temple (well, black house, but whatever). Today, we did the white temple. We walked over to the old bus station in the center of town and asked around for Wat Rong Khun. They pointed...
We love to cook, and we love thai food. So we wanted to learn how to cook thai food. All the guide books said to take a cooking class in Chiang Mai, so that's what we did today. That and laundry. But you don't care about laundry. So let's cook! We did a half day class...