Anyway, I guess I'll do a recap of our last day in krabi. So yesterday we went on a tour to the Hong islands. Our first stop was Red Rock Island, where we got to do some snorkeling. Saw a couple of cool fish, but they were mostly the tiger fish like the first time we went snorkeling the day before. The next stop was Paradise island. It was a pretty little island where we just snorkeled some more and hung out on the beach. I needed to go to the bathroom, but the bathrooms there were NASTY!!! So of course I refused to use it. Don't know why I even included that piece of information...heh. Anyway, then we went to the Hong Island lagoon and circled it briefly, then went to the other beach side of the island and kayaked back to the lagoon. Kayaking was fun, I really loved the lagoon and being able to see it from the kayak. Makes the limestone look even bigger and more majestic! That was our last stop of the day before heading back to our hotel, where we washed off and changed. Then we went to get a full body Thai massage! It only cost less than $7 for a full hour!! Seriously crazy cheap. Except it hurt SO bad! The things running through my mind at the time went something like this:
"Ow ow ow!!"
"I think she is going to break my back!!"
"She's gonna give me bruises all ove- hahaha that tickles!"
"I don't think I can handle this for a full hour!"
Anyway, you get the picture. I don't think I'll be going back for any Thai massages anytime soon. But afterwords we got manicures and pedicures, which was fun. They were all my first time! If it was as cheap in the states as here in Thailand, I'm sure I'd go all the time. But alas...
After that, we finally got dinner. I was starving by then. We ate at this small cafe. Good, cheap food but oh so spicy. I think I might've gotten a stomachache from there too. But nothing too bad! We shopped a little bit after dinner and I bought a cute straw hat, a cover up, and take a guess at what else. Yep, more scarves. Eek, I don't even know how many I've bought already! Let's see...8 in HK, 3 sparkly elephant ones, and then 2 more shiny elephant ones from last night. That makes...13?! I want to keep them all for myself, but I will be giving some to my sisters, so that's not too bad, right?? They are just all so cheap!
Anyway, we also saw a lot of transvestites on the street yesterday dressed in skimpy outfits, hooker shoes, and faces plastered with makeup. There was one at the mani/pedi place, and we didn't even realize she/he was a transvestite till she/he spoke. Interesting stuff...I just wonder why there are so many here. Is it a cultural thing or what?
But yeah, so that was basically our day. We got up at 6:30 and left for the airport at 7 this morning. The stupid lady at the counter who checked us in didn't put the luggage tag on Andreas bag, hence it got left there. Why can't people freakin do their jobs right?! I hope we will still be able to do something today, like see the palaces and stuff...2.5 ish more hours to go. I think I'll go read a bit. Glad I downloaded a couple books onto my iPad or I'd be so bored!
It's now 9pm the same day, and ughhhh I already was almost done updating but stupid blogger deleted everything! Gosh. Today is not my day. I've been in such a bad mood all day long. Anyway. We survived waiting the few hours in the airport and Andrea was able to get her bag, thank goodness. We took a taxi to our hostel after waiting in a long line for one, and I was expecting the taxi driver to try to cheat me, but luckily the one we got was pretty honest and I didn't have to bite anyone's head off.
We got to our hostel around 3pm, and dropped off our stuff. Then walked to the pier to take the boat to see the temples. Omg it is sooooo hot here! I was soaking all day long. It was nasty. I'm really not looking forward to the next 2 days....it reminds me of how hot central america was! Eek! Makes me excited to get back to Utah!
So we took the boat to the first temple, Wat Pho. And let me just stop and say how gross and dirty the water in the river is! Or I guess Bangkok in general. Trash and bags of garbage everywhere! So gross... Definitely not liking this part of the city. But otherwise, the temple was cool. Wat Pho is where the reclining Buddha was at, and they had a lot of neat structures. Everything was so intricate. Then we took the boat across the river to Wat Aran. That one was neat too. You could climb up the stairs, which were super steep! Each step was as high as my knee so it was a bit scary climbing up and down. Reminds me of the Mayan temples just cuz the steps were so steep!so we only stayed for a bit, then went to the street they call china town. We didn't really explore it much cuz we were so hot and hungry. Just stopped somewhere for some noodle stuff and a cold fruit smoothie. Then we took a tuk tuk home. Tomorrow we are visiting a floating market, river Kwai or something, and the tiger temple. Hopefully it will be fun despite the excruciating heat! Eek.
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