Rai Lay Beach: Krabi
The Krabi province on the Andaman coast of Thailand has some of the most magnificent landscape I've ever seen! The islands rise vertically out of the sea and the coastline has majestic limestone cliffs. We spend two nights in Rai Lay beach which can only be reached by longtail boat. Jen and I stayed right beside the Diamond Caves which were enormous and beautiful. It was just like staying right under the Chief in Squamish, and oddly reminded me much of Vancouver. I also got out to do two days of climbing. Essentially, you rent a certified guide who takes you out for the day so you are able to climb until you're exhausted, then you head to the beach. The second day Jen came out too and we were the only people at the site except for the monkeys chillin' in the trees beside us. I was about 3/4 up a 30 meter climb when it started to pour and I got completely drenched playing the elevator game to finish the climb and collect the remaining gear. Then we had a 40 minute boat ride in the pouring rain into Krabi where we caught an overnight local bus up to Bangkok. There's nothing like being soaking wet for 9 hours. Other than that and one day of rain in Bangkok the weather has been great for the end of the rainy season - but when it rains, it pours. The photos are of Rai Lay's coast, a Thai soccer game at sunset, and the climbing crags from the beach.
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