After a long sit on our balcony with our morning coffee (Chelsey rounded up a kettle and some cups) we headed out for an adventure to find Long Beach. Many recommended going there. 30 -40 min walk from the pier or take a long tailed boat. We settled on the latter although Kristen would have preferred the walk. We jumped on the boat (got a friendly driver this time who actually extended a helping hand to each of us as we climbed the wobbling ladder into the boat) and within 7 mins we rounded a bend and voila.....white sand, very few long tailed boats, and better yet no Asian invasion. Pure beauty.
There were chaise chairs on the beach for anyone's use (really - can this be?). We swam, suntanned, walked the relatively quiet beach. People here were reading, laying quietly or swimming lazily. They were not snapping a million pictures and moving in herds. Ah, this is how we will better remember this overpopulated ,commercialized island. Chelsey tells us that she read where the island is actually sinking from all the commercialization. That is amazing but after seeing the activity here, we could believe it?
We pulled Chelsey away ( she did not want to leave this beauty spot)caught a long tailed boat back to the main pier, hustled to our hotel and packed up. A worker from our hotel used a cart to haul all our backpacks to the pier as we were about 20 mins inland moving zig zaggedly thru the maze of stores. At 230 pm in the middle of this scorching heat I was beyond grateful for this.
The ferry ride was smooth to Railay. There was a travel group on the ferry with travellers from Regina and Saskatoon.
Once arriving to Railay we breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good decision to cut back on nights at phi phi and come back to the sand sea resort. Here we are in between 2beautiful beaches, and can actually breathe fresh air, compared to the maze of shops on Phi phi. The bungalow we previously stayed in was sold out so we spent a little more and ended up with a gorgeous room. The room is more concrete, but lit up beautifully and with a lovely bathroom and a jacuzzi tub! And Kristen actually gets a bed;)
We rounded up the comfy beach side recliners and settled in to watch the sunset. The sky turned gorgeous shades of orange, red and pink.
This was one of the most memorial sunsets as we watched in Awe for over half hour. The sky was dynamic, as it was alive with colour and shape.
A couple times we thought the sun was down and prepared to leave for supper, but one more glance and we discovered the sky was changed yet again, and well worth it to continue watching it set.
Finally we headed down "walking street" where a jolly Thai guy in a wicker hat was auctioneering off the menu! And ended by singing "cocktails 100 Baht." We laughed and he drew us in with his fun attitude. The whole family running the restaurant were pleasant as one server was playing with a travellers baby, another was groovin to the music. Out of nowhere a thai guy started performing a fire show infront of the restaurant. He was putting gas into his mouth and spitting it out to make fire! It was pretty cool . Mom was pumped to have her first coconut. She kept saying "the cocunut water never ends, so yummy"
The fun loving Thai guy cut up the coconut for us to take back to our room. Another awesome day and smooth travels.
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