2011 Adventure: January 2011

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Phuket - Liora in her speedboat

Liora, practising for the big event

Koh Phi Phi

The prettiest place we've seen so far

We hired a kayak and went to some beaches that are only really accessible by water.

They weren't as busy either

The sand here was very fine and white. It got everywhere!

Loads of people were doing scuba diving, they said it was amazing, lots of turtles and reefs and such

We took a walk up to a viewpoint and got lost, coming to a village where this cute one was resident

In spite of getting lost, we caught the odd good view

Not what we came to see. A huge manmade, soon to be, reservoir. There was a building that was next to it where the bottled water and ice seemed to come from. Aptly named 'Water Hill'

When we did find the viewpoint, it was spectacular

The low strip with the sea either side. Most of the shops, market, bars and some accomodation are on this low area. They wouldn't have stood a chance when the tsunami came and is no wonder that the island's infrastructure went completely. Thankfully it's mainly back.

This was on Monkey Beach, but this was the only monkey I saw

Wow!

Lois, this one's for you. I'm not sure you'd get far in Thailand without cooing over some waife and stray. We were having something to eat on the beach and look who turned up to have a nosy, purring it's little head off!

This was actually on Koh Lanta, which we went to after Koh Phi Phi but there wasn't an awful lot there. A long road going down the West side with beaches and resorts were much more spread out which meant everywhere wasn't jammed with people, which was very chilled. Seemed to be a lot more Muslim Thai people, rather than Buddist which we'd seen elsewhere. Again they were very friendly and chilled out and made you feel very welcome. At the night you could walk down the beach where a lot of bars were all lit up, with fire dancing and other entertainment on

On the boat going from Krabi to Koh Phi Phi

Just before we boarded

Amazing scenery wherever you looked.

This was the estuary that led out of the port and into the Andaman Sea. It was low tide and quite shallow. The boat got beached just to the left of the limestone rock you can see here. We were stuck for about 30 mins going backward and forward and sideways 5 feet, trying to free it while the crew were running up and down. Could think of worse places to be stuck :-)

Our view whilst beached

Stuck!

Pretty

Massive cliffs everywhere


Going as quick as a speedboat

Krabi - South Thailand

Krabi is quite a large district and has many beaches to explore. The sea was very warm

The Thai seaman's preferred choice of transport. At the back is a car engine strapped to the propeller/rudder shaft so they really move!

This beach was practically empty

As you can see, it was quite a cloudy day lol

Water was clear as crystal

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Lumphini Park

Every traffic light change is like the start of a Wacky Races, with literally hundreds of bikes that work their way to the front of the queue - the way things should be lol


We walked hard yesterday and are still very jetlagged. We worked hard today in the park trying to do nothing. This is an entrance of Lumphini Park, not too far from where we are staying


Dogs and cats are common, here are 3 having a snooze in the shade,each on their own circular bench


A gift to the Thai people from Switerland, have seen a few of these dotted round Bangkok. The granite ball constantly rotates (clockwise) because of a steady stream of water escaping form underneath. Amazing really as the ball weighs about 800kg. Modelled on natural examples which can be found.