Well we made it to Railay, an awesome beach community cut off from mainstream tourist thailand. No road can reach Railay due to some huge limestone cliffs cutting it off from the nearby cities, so longboats are the only option. This was great because it cut down on crowds and made the whole place feel like another world. I just finished reading "Jurrassic Park - the lost world" so we half expected to see a couple dinosaurs pop out of the jungle. Sadly this never happend... But we did get to see plent of very original haircuts. Railay is a popular spot for rock climbing, with its huge limestone cliffs and ocean views. This attracts quite the large hippie climber population, and with the hippies came the dreads and wild hair. Something I had never seen, is the rat tail dread. Imagine a full head of dreads, then shave everything but one or two that come out of the back of the head, or the dread mullet was also a favorite.... we decided that the local climbers got the hair cuts to prove that they were locals, what tourist/anyone else would get that style unless you were planning on sticking around in a community cut off from the outside world.
A view of railay from above.
A cool swim through we did when the high tide covered the whole tube.
TonSai beach, Railay (some night climing happening in the background)
On Ton sai beach we got lucky and happened to be there when a thai reggae group was playing at one of the beach venues. They were great and did a bunch of covers and originals (atleast a 4 hour set. The fire dancers came out with the band too.
We also did some hiking around Railay and heard that there was a lagoon on the center of the pennisula. It was surrounded on all sides by couple hundred foot walls and the only way into the arena was up and down one of the steepest trails I have ever hiked/mostly climbed. (Also note: hiking in thailand is the best way completely drenched in minutes) The Lagoon was beautiful and was totally worth the trek.
We are now on our way to Koh Samui to get our visas extended and do some more diving!
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