After two long days of buses and a night train and more buses we made it to the south of Thailand to a beach town called Ao Nang. It is quite the Asian beach town; lots of sunburns, swim suit/tee shirt shops, a fair number of business suit shops, souvenirs galore, massage parlors on every street corner, tour agencies abound...and oh ya a beach. This town is the town you have to start from to see the famous lime stone islands of the south.
Today we caught a long-tail boat...a quintessential Asian boat complete with diesel engine and and deafening noise...to Railay beach, famous for limestone cliffs and rock climbers. We rented a kayak and explored the limestone islands and caves, found our own secluded white sand beach, and swam with the schools of tinny silver fish that leaped out of the water when our kayak crossed their path. While we were kayaking the tide dropped so low that we had to drag our kayak back to shore in a few inches of water!
We made it back to Ao Nang for sunset, most impressive due to the threatening storm clouds, and took over 60 photos! (don't worry we deleted some!)
