Krabi Kayaking

They say that best time to visit Thailand is from December to March, when the weather is cool and the skies are blue. I'm here during the "low season" which is also the "hot season" and the "rainy season."

Yesterday, I tried to book a boat tour to some local islands. When I asked the travel agent if it was supposed to be sunny the next day, he laughed. Hard. And for a curiously long time.

But today, I really lucked out. The rain held off until the last minute before I finished my sightseeing. Go me!

I spent the morning kayaking. It was a small group with a funny guide and we saw some cool caves and wildlife. And it was the perfect (minimal)activity for my leg.

We arrived in this lagoon 15 minutes before low tide, at which point there wouldn't have been enough water to enter by boat. I couldn't get a picture to capture it -- 70 feet high, 50 feet wide, lush and green with limestone walls. Just glorious.

And filled with mosquitos. My trusty can of bug spray made me VERY popular.

Next, we saw this cool ancient cave where people lived 3,000 years ago. There are cave paintings and everything! And stactites, stalagmites ... and even some stalags that grew together to form flying buttresses holding up the walls of the cave! I was a VERY happy art and architecture geek.

And then we saw some cool wildlife. There was an iguana I couldn't get a picture of, and even a few monkeys I didn't see. But I did get to see fiddler crabs fighting (or guide quipped, "they have same girlfriend!") and even little baby fiddler crabs. And landfishes. And I SWEAR I saw two of them making out. They walked away with their mouths open. Really.

By tomorrow, I hope ot have more pics and info about what Thai life is like -- food, shopping, cities, etc. I was planning to post about that tonight, but the rain kept me from getting the pics I wanted. Darn rain.