Monday, December 15, 2008

Haad Ton Sai - Climber's Paradise

The trip to Ao Nang/Railey/Haad Ton Sai was a long one (and without food for nearly 16 hours). But it was worth it. We decided to go to Haad Ton Sai first because it was the cheapest. It also turned out to be the best.

We stayed at Andaman Nature Resort and had a small bungalow and a mosquito net. It was nice though, and the community was awesome! The whole beach is essentially dedicated to rock climbers, so there were a lot of crazy routes on the cliffs. (The beach is surrounded by 100 meter cliffs). We stayed here for a while and are hoping to go back sometime.

We met a few other people while we were there. Some Brits (Bruce, Smitty and Val) some fellow Americans (Nathan and Andy) and we played cards with all of them. Bruce and Smitty were huge into cribbage (and Val was into reading). We played Euchre with Nathan and Andy.

We also checked out Railey beach which is right next to Haad Ton Sai, but you can only walk there in low tide. Railey is more touristy and more expensive, but the beach is huge and is really nice when the tide is in. We did some Kayaking around the small "islands" off of the beach here, which was a lot of fun.

We are off to the famous Koh Phi Phi and Koh Lanta next. They are supposedly paradise. We will see. :)

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