wow - ok, Ben and i went to the beach in Thailand for 4/5 days, the Krabi province. wow, the water was warm and the perfect, electric-turquoise green, the sand was cream-colored and so fine, like powder. the waves were miniscule, which may not be ideal for adventure boarding but leaves an amazing, huge-crazy-serene-hot-tub effect on the ocean.
i hate the idea of the mask and the breathing tube and i don't really like looking at fish, but we went snorkeling on various islands and it took about two seconds to be surrounded by schools of exotic, tropical fish. we rode around on this sweet long-tail wooden boat. i love cruising on the surface of the water and i love the unpredictable bumpiness when we hit different waves. and i love how it seems like the islands are moving rather than the boat.
got burned out by the megaly touristed beach town of Ao Nong... but the last day at the beach was for sure the best. i got a late start out to a neighboring island. when we were aproaching this other beach there was a fine rain outside. i left by stuff in the shop of this nice Indian man on the island and i just headed out for the rainy coast. it was such an incredible experience being in the ocean when it's raining. i had salt on my lips without putting my head in the water, the raindrops were splashing the ocean water onto my face. as i looked out right above the surface of the vast ocean there was a fine mist hovering over the water. it was such a transcendant experience the warm water, the cool rain, the fine mist, the empty beach - it was completely sublime and i have no idea how long i was in the water or when the rain stopped, but it was mostly off and on all day.
later i ran into Ben and we went to check out this remote lagoon he had seen on the map. wow, oh wow! hard to describe. we climbed up the side of this hill using a muddy rope, tree roots and crevices - not the best conditions but the rope and the mysterious lagoon were too luring. we went up, across and back down. it was crazy slippery and strenuous. when we got to the lagoon - i had never seen anything like it. the flora and fauna had this storybook/fairytale effect. i can't explain to you this giant tree in the middle... the bottom of the trunk flanked out in five directions like a star. each wing was pretty thick and taller than me for sure. i couldn't even see the top of the tree - it was super surreal and the dirt was this electric-brick-red, super slimy yet firm. wow, this was the highlight of my island experience for sure. so, yeah, when isolated from the trendy resort/Western vacation commercial scene, the beaches in Thailand are actually quite phenomonal and full of beauty.
currently in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, loving it, more to come.
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