Friday, October 24, 2008

Hey Hey, We're The Monkeys

OK So back to where we left off, we decided to leave Ao-Nang and head for Krabi before doing our next island hop one definite plus to our accommodation in Ao-Nang was that it had a beautiful view from the roof top, it was the ideal place to go chill with a couple of beers and chill while the sun set.

The View




Getting Nearer



Anyway so with out further ado we hit Krabi the next day, which was very different but still beautiful in different ways to the beach places we stayed and chilled in, for one example it had a fabulous river running right through the city that you could charter a long tail and sail right down the river looking into the mangroves, so one after noon after both taking suitable sea sickness medication we struck out on our boat trip.

It was ace, although unfortunately on the day we went on it had been raining just before we went, which meant the water was quite murky, however the views were spectacular, with mist rising out of the waters edge and troops of monkeys walking along the river banks and we rounded of our foray to a fish farm, how odd are you i bet you say but it was actually a really cool thing to go and see.

The Horizon




Beautiful



Cheeky Monkey



Fishing Village




Fish Farm Could Take Your Hand This Bugger :)




Odd Little Fellow



Even Odder



Anyway that rounded off our day of adventures along the river bank and we went to chill in quite possibly the most chilled bar in the world, needless to say it led to far to many drinks and several cocktails god i was hung over the next day.

The Old West Bar




After A Few Too Many




So the Next day we struck out in search of Tiger Temple a very religious place and surrounded by what seemed to be a nature reserve, here we witnessed not a couple of monkey but probably 50/60 of them playing and goofing around, it was quite surreal to see a monk in his garden of peace just sat with loads of monkeys seemingly chilling with him, after we had got over our awe of first arriving here, we set off into the jungle to find Tiger Cave and the Thousand year old tree.

The Baby Temple



On The Way To The Big Temple



Buddist Statue



Protective Mom's




Monkeying Around




My God We Were Knackered At The Top Of These




Another Homage




Tiger Cave Temple




Natural Cave Formation That You Have To Climb Through a Narrow Apperture To Reach






Not So Big Or Clever Compared To That Are You?





Snake Cave Decided Not To Explore In Here For Some Reason!!!!!!!




A Thousand Year Old Tree Or At Least It Was Till I Leant Against It For A Rest.
"Ooops"



Spot the Monk!!!




Flash Temple



That brings us upto our epic journey to Koh Phangan, which seeing as this has taken ages i will update tomorrow.

Hugs And Kisses

Mez The Emporer of The Universe