Thailand

Our last night in India was spent at the Bangalore Octoberfest, funny stuff, not many people there but we settled in and drank some beer and listened to the live band which were called Pentagram. With that name i was expecting slightly more eye-bleeding metal than they produced but they weren't too bad. Then we went to the dance tent where there was a fashion show taking place. Not sure what that has to do with Octoberfest so we left. Next day was a flight to Delhi then transfer to the international terminal then wait around then fly to Colombo then fly to Bangkok. It took about 24 hours in total.

Surprised by how western Bangkok was and how modern compared to the backward smelly weirdness of India. We spent 3 days shopping and drinking and eating and it was a nice change. Then overnight bus to Krabi and suddenly surrounded by lots of holidaying Aussies and other backpackers...which is nice. From Krabi we got the longboat straight to Railay beach and found the cheapest hovel on offer. Turns out it was quite nice and we settled down to doing nothing much in particular on the beach. Awesome place, nice beach surrounded by limestone cliffs and islands offshore. We decided to do a half days rockclimbing which was great, Mei loved it too.

We ended up staying on Railay for 6 days before we caught another boat to Koh Phi Phi island. More lovely beaches and great food. The place has been re-built since the tsunami but lots more building is still going on. You can probably tell our traveling has turned into a huge beach holiday and we have by-passed most of the sights to see in Thailand...oh well. Snorkelling this morning, maybe some sea kayaking tomorrow, maybe spend a week here before heading to Malaysia next week.