The Krabi Events

I'm stuck at the Krabi airport right now. A massive rainstorm. This also happened to me when I was leaving Bangkok to come to Krabi Wednesday night... but it was all worth it! Here is a schedule of events over the past few days!

Day 1: Left straight after school to hurry to the airport! I got there in plenty of time because the flight was delayed. I even saw a student, who I hid from. haha Anyways, finally got on the plane and the flight was smooth. Then I headed onto a shuttle to get to Ao Nang. I found a guesthouse and set out to explore Ao Nang and get some dinner.

Day 2: Got up early and set out to explore Ao Nang some more. I found the Krabi National Park center and saw a tsunami monument and walked along the beach. Then I made friends with a taxi driver and got a personal tour in a sidealong car around Ao Nang and to the Shell Cemetary. Then I headed back to the beach and got a longtail boat to Railay! The ultimate destination. I found myself a bungalow for a great deal in the middle of the jungle between the East and West sides of the beach. Then I headed out to West Railay for a lot of swimming and sleeping and tanning. That night, I followed the signs to Stone Bar. I was overly excited about the fact that a bar was named Stone Bar, Stoney is kindof a nickname I've acquired here, for reasons unbeknownst to anybody. Played lots of Connect 4 and even managed to win a couple games, which is kindof rare.

Day 3: Took a speedboat island hopping trip! I quickly became a favorite of the crew and lots of personal attention on the trip, which was lots of fun. haha Our first stop was Maya Bay, the film location of "The Beach". I have to say, I was very much not impressed. I saw more tacky people on this beach since I've lived in Pattaya. Then we headed to Lohsamah Bay, where we snorkeled! then we hopped back in the boat to go see Viking Cave and Pi Leh Bay. We stopped off at Phi Phi Don for an hour to wander about and have some lunch. Then we headed to Monkey Beach, where there were monkeys everywhere!! Then we headed to Hin Klarng, for open sea snorkeling, which was lots and lots of fun. Saw a lot of fish and coral, tiger fish. haha Our last stop was Bamboo Island, which was probably my favorite part of the day. We went snorkeling and swimming. I made a friend named Russ who was a tour guide with another company, and he got me a pineapple stem and helped me feed it to the fish and then he found me a hermit crab who came back with me to Railay. haha Then it was time to head back to Railay. That night I had dinner on the beach to watch the most amazing sunset I've ever seen! I took a zillion pictures, which will be up soon!

Day 4: The next day was all about exploring. I hiked all over. I took a good hike over to Ton Sai and tried to get into these other caves, but failed, haha, and then I went to see Diamond Cave, which was kindof like National Treasure. Then I rented a kayak and did some kayaking around to the different beaches and stuff. That afternoon was spent entirely laying out on the beach. I stayed there until the sun went down, just so I could be sure to see it again. haha That night I headed over to Railay East, and hung out for a while and got a good beach barbeque dinner.

Day 5: is today. This morning I woke up early, as usual, and headed over to Princess Cave. Over near Princess Cave and this treacherous looking pathway to a lagoon. Well, I was there, so I had to do it. The path was all clay and mud and I am so thankful for the ropes that somebody put there so you can hang on, cause it's quite steep. It was fun though and led me to a lagoon! Crazy. haha And then I showered and got myself American style banana pancakes, which are a little difficult to find in these nick of the woods. Usually if you ask for a banana pancake, you get a thai rotee, which are awesome, but more of a dessert, rather than pancakes. I was obviously very excited about this banana pancake. haha Then I got a long tail boat back to Ao Nang, a sangtheow to Krabi town, and another sangtheow to the airport. And now I'm here waiting...

Anyways, that was my trip! Pictures and better stories (hopefully) coming soon!!

My Very First Sweetest Day

Sweetest Day- I'd never heard of it before. haha Aubrey told me about it and it's celebrated in the Northeast and it's basically a knockoff of Valentine's Day. Anywho, my first Sweetest Day was jam packed. Aubrey was my date all day. haha First we had an awesome buffet brunch at her apartment and then we headed to the mall. Emporium to be exact. And do you know what they had at the mall?? You'll never guess. They had a baby white tiger and an elephant and a lion and all sorts of animals that they brought from the Chiang Mai Night Safari. There was a zoo in the mall! haha Two of my favorite things, wild animals and shopping, all in one. haha

Then we headed to a different gigantic mall, Central World, where we looked for things for our awesome Halloween costumes, which will be revealed at a later date. haha I don't want to jinx it. I'm super excited about it though! haha We really wanted to see "Fame", but the times were all weird and so we ended up seeing "New York, I Love You." I have mixed feelings about it. It was made well but for some reason I had this melancholy feeling afterward, I'm not really sure why.

Anyways, after the movie we had some lunch/dinner at the fanciest food court I've ever been it. Definitely not like a food court at home. On our way out we stopped at the Halloween section so I could get some face make up, because that night I was going on a zombie walk!
Aubrey and I parted ways and I rushed home to dress like I was dead. Zombie. It was awesome. haha Fortunately, I was able to put my ripped tights, lopsided skirt and ripped shirt to use. Then I teased my hair and rubbed gray, black, and white goo all over my face and squirted some fake blood on me. Chris, Matt, James, and I had a great time getting ready. We were a big hit just walking down the street. Everybody stared and laughed! haha The four of us met up with a bunch of other people and then we headed to the Bed Supperclub for Zombie night!

Zombies are the perfect way to end the Sweetest Day.

All in all...

it's been a successful week. That sounds weird, but really, that's how I feel, successful. haha I've just kinda been in a rut or something ever since I got back. I think it's just that my job really stresses me out and it has been less than enjoyable. But early on this week I gave myself a pep talk and was like "Kat, get over it". haha So I've been trying to get out more and do some new things and it's been good.

The week started off with a bang with Ryan's birthday party on Sunday night, which was lots of fun. I got to hit up some favorite spots such as Mama's (the western restaurant right outside the apartment door, she made shish kebabs... I'd say it's my fave thing there) and then the ever popular Blue's Bar. I had to leave the night early because I had to get up early for work, but it was a very fun night.

Spirits were kept up all week with some "Mexican" food (my fajitas tasted a lot like teriyaki? haha And I believe there were ants on a plate... hahahaha) on Monday and then a movie at the Bangkok International Film Festival on Tuesday. I saw Dogtooth. I don't recommend it. haha It's a Greek film and it was extremely interesting, it definitely kept my attention, but I wouldn't say that I particularly enjoyed it. hahaha But I felt cool, just cause I can now say that I went to the Bangkok International Film Festival. haha

I slept A LOT on Wednesday and Thursday. I was very very very tired. All the typhoons and tsunamis in the air are giving me some killer headaches and making me very lethargic. But oh well, I slept it off and the air here is clearing.

Friday night I went out with Aubrey and met some new people at this super fancy expensive posh club called the Bed Supperclub. I walked in and immediately felt like Carrie in Sex and the City. haha I was so tempted to order a cosmo. haha There are all these beds everywhere that you sit on and everything is white, except for in the black room where everything is black. haha Go figure. It was very cool. And very fun.

The rest of the weekend I kept trying to do new things. haha I went to a park I hadn't been to before, Chatachuck Park, and then I got a massage at a new place. haha Both were great experiences and everything, but I actually think I preferred my usual park, Lumphini, and massage place. hahaha It was good though. I'm trying to branch out.

And you know what else I did? I studied. I've been really struggling with the studying. I think too much, and not about studying. haha About random things... like, the other day I was "studying" but really I was just wondering why the cat that had just walked by me was so fat (cats are always skeletal here). haha But today, I tried something new. I went to a mall. Yes, a mall. And I studied in the food court. And beleive it or not, I don't think I've ever been so focused before in my life. I got a lot done and now I'm very proud of myself. I'll think I'll go back tomorrow. haha