Chillin in Krabi

Guest blogger Karen here. I'll start off the post and then hand it over to Chloe to finish.

Chloe and I are now in Krabi having the full beach experience. Each day a different beach, with some of the most spectacular scenery ever. Huge cliffs and rock formations that spring straight up from the ocean. And it's crazy hot. We were wondering if it was over 100F but CNN assures us that it's only in the 90s (mid 30s C). And it seems like it just keeps getting hotter all afternoon until about 4pm when it mellows out a bit. I might even come back to the US looking like I went on vacation which I haven't done in a long time.

Today as we laid out on Phra Nang beach, and vendors came buy to deliver us cold diet coke and fresh roasted corn on a stick, Chloe and I looked at each other and said "this is the life!" Chloe claims that I already look much more relaxed. :) Last night we heard the local "talent" sing covers of classic rock from the 70s - lots of Pink Floyd. Not hard to believe that when you don't understand the words, you don't sing with a whole lot of emotion.

Ok Chloe, you can have your blog back now...

First - Karen gets extra party points for managing to battle jetlag on day 3 of her trip and stay up past midnight at that rockin bar. The band was so much better than she lets on, they not only played Pink Floyd, but we got the full gambit from the Rolling Stones, to Brian Adams to Nirvana ! Prior to that fun part of the evening, we were at O'Malley's Irish pub where (to help lure in customers) they had a flame tossing dancer out front, performing to Shakira set on double (or maybe triple time). We also met a Dutch guy at the bar, who was putting the hard sell on Karen to give up the corporate life and just let life take her where it would. I told her I would have given anything to have had a blackberry at that moment so I could email MC and give him a little scare. Just kidding Michael :)




We have also had a great education so far while here. We ate at a Swiss-Thai restaurant where we had to read a double translation of Thai dishes listed in Swiss, then re-translated to English. Food was good though and a language lesson to boot! We also took a morning cooking class where we not only learned some really great recipes (yes yes I know, after two cooking classes I'm probably on the hook for a Thai dinner party) but also were schooled about the lady-boys of Thailand; "Sweeter than real women" apparently and able to hook men because they aren't as shy.



Tomorrow we're off on a kayaking trip where we are assured we will be greeted by monkeys upon our arrival. Life is hard here :) (The photo here is of our foot massage after our first hard day of beach hopping)