Krabi, Thailand

Flight 7 of 17

Saturday, March 31 - Tuesday, April 3

Beach Time!

Beautiful view from our resort!

You know in the movies when they show a beautiful ocean view with moss-covered cliffs emerging from the water?  That was our view from Krabi.  We stayed at Railay Bay Resort & Spa, which is on a peninsula jutting out from Krabi (just southeast of Phuket).  This is a place you can only get to by water, so we traveled via longboat to get there.  The resort was beautiful, as was the view.  Our favorite spot was enjoying the view from the warm pool, often with fresh pineapple or mango smoothies in hand!  Here are a few of our experiences from the 4 days we were there…

Great service from the moment we arrived!

Swimming:

--Swimming in the pool, while gazing at the view of moss-covered mountains in the ocean

Great pool...great view!

Fruit Smoothies:

--Ordering different flavored fruit shakes & smoothies at every meal & in between by the pool (passion fruit, banana-pineapple, mango-strawberry, dragon fruit…)

Thai pancakes:

--Discovering Thai pancakes (delicious banana filled crepes covered in chocolate or nutella, made to order)

The View:

--Staring at the amazing cliffs (which sometimes had rock climbers)

Another view...also beautiful!

Perfect Weather:

--Enjoying the perfect weather (missed the tsunami warning by a week or two)…it was sunny most of the time, and only rained at night when we were already in the room…one time it rained while we were in the pool which scared away most people, but we discovered how fun it was to swim in the rain…and that the pool was actually warmer than the rain drops!

Reading:

--Reading Hunger Games & Outliers IN the pool!  Kristen finished Hunger Games and Ryan finished Outliers, so we decided to switch books!

Movies:

--Renting movies at the resort video store each night (Tree of Life, The Change Up, Super 8)

Amazing room!

Exploring the Island:

--Getting lost while exploring the other side of the island, and ending up at the totally wrong beach and resort

--Walking down “Walking Street” for smoothies, pancakes, drinks, and people watching

--Wandering around the neighboring resorts & trying their restaurants

--Eating at different outdoor restaurants for each meal…each with an ocean view

--Exploring a cave, and seeing 7 monkeys just a few feet away from us (we didn't have our camera for this)

Long Boat - how we got to our resort!

After 4 days, we were back on the longboat leaving Railay Bay.  We had such a wonderful time, and it was definitely the most relaxing part of the honeymoon so far.  By the way, if you’re looking for the most beautiful beaches in the world, it’s true...Thailand is the place to go!