Time to say goodbye

Today we checked out of our place, and took the local bus about an hour and a half to an orphanage called, Phyathai Babies Home Foundation, to volunteer. We stayed here for a few hours playing with the babies and walking around to the different buildings filled with orphans anywhere from 20-30 babies in one large room. It was good to see how well they were taken care of by their nurses and staff.

Tonight we are flying home. First stop Shanghai next stop NYC, about a 22 hour flight.

what day is it?

Its crazy while you're traveling no one really knows what day or time it is. It's the one, of many things I'm gonna miss when I get back home.

Anyway, today we are checked out of Rai Lay and caught a 30 minute boat ride, to 12 hour bus back to Bangkok.

After checking into a guesthouse we went back to our favorite massage spot for our another hour long massage, which of course was amazing then got a snack of sticky rice, with mango and coconut milk. After we walked around, and got ready for our last night out, which of course included drinking Chang on the street, getting a few buckets of vodka and soda, singing Beatles songs with a homeless man and meeting many new travelers just beginning their journey. As the sun was coming up we decided to call it “a night.”

"Oh My Buddha"

After waking up and getting breakfast we met up with our friend that we met from San Diego back in Bangkok. We headed to the beach to watch some rock climbing and saw lots of monkeys along the way that we fed pineapple.

We swam out to some huge rocks that had caves in them, walked around and to the top, even considered jumping off but decided against it. After that we grabbed some lunch, hung out by our pool, chilled on our porch then went out for San Diego's last night in South East Asia.

Rai Lay

Today we woke up, checked out of our guesthouse and had our last breakfast right on the beach in Koh Lanta. Another backpacker traveling for an undecided amount of time offered for me to stay a few extra months longer and travel as well... talk about tempting and living in the moment. I politely and sadly declined.

We then took a 2 hour bus from Koh Lanta to Krabi, then a private boat from Krabi to Rai Lay. Ray Lay is known for rock climbing and has some of the best rock climbing spots in the world, its beautiful. We checked into a guesthouse in the jungle, got some dinner, I had fried barracuda and morning glory then we walked around the beach checking out all the massive rocks.

Allll day Allll night

Not a bad day to wake up, eat breakfast on the beach, lay out, go for a swim and chill... alllll day.

Watch the sunset. Go for a sunset swim, then drink on the beach, sit under a canopy and watch a thunderstorm come and go.



After we showered we got some beers, listened to music and drank on our porch, while listening to the waves. We then took a walk down the beach, ran into Marcus our Aussie friend and ended up getting drinks with him and hanging out on the beach.

Dumb and Dumber take Koh Lanta

Today we woke up and rented a motorbike so we could venture around the island. I drove the whole time, because we figured Adrienne driving would not be the best idea.

We did that for about 6 hours, riding all around the island, through the jungles and over to the east side, to Old Town. Stopping a few times briefly. First stop for lunch, I got fish fillet in a curry and coconut milk right on the water. We also had to pull over for a 30 minute downpour and then also another minor stop, when our bike ran out of gas. Not a big deal, I pushed it some of the way to get gas nearby. It was quite the experience.

Riding so free over the hills, mountains, through the jungles, past beaches and elephants, it was beautiful.


We came back later for dinner, I got a papaya salad and we ran into a guy with met in Koh Phi Phi, from Australia, so we hung out with him and some others on the beach for the night and watched another fire show. Oh and I also found a frog friend and he hung with us for dinner as well.

Koh Lanta

After breakfast this morning we checked out of our bungalow on the beach and tried figuring out where to go next. We walked around to the local tour offices and decided to go an island called Koh Lanta, which we found out when we got here, Leonardo DiCaprio has a home here as well, which you better believe we are going to try to find. Anyway we took a boat about an hour from Koh Phi Phi, arrived and found a place to stay right on the beach, its adorable. Its a private little house about 15 seconds to the water, you can hear the waves crashing from our balcony.




We went to dinner on the beach by our bungalow, where I got fried sea bass in a sweet chili sauce and garlic, it was soooo good. Then they did fireworks right over our heads at the start of the fire show. The fire show was amazing, they spun the fire sticks and fire balls to music of their choice, my favorite was Billy Jean, and two Red Hot Chili Pepper songs.

Day of Snorkeling

Today we woke up bright and early to go on our half day island adventure. We loaded up on a boat and first went to monkey island where there were lots of monkeys just hanging out on the beach getting fruit from the tourists.

Then we headed to a cove with bright blue water to go swimming, after that we went snorkeling off a few different islands. One of them was called Maya Island where they filmed the movie, “The Beach,” with Leo DeCaprio. It was breathtaking. The water was the perfect temperature and the underwater life and colors that we saw were beautiful.

After a few hours snorkeling and swimming we headed back to land and got lunch. I got a sweet and sour chicken and vegetable dish, Adrienne got a fried noodle with beef and vegetable dish, both delicious.





We got ready for the night headed out and actually ran into a guy we became friends with in Bangkok and hung out with him at a rooftop bar and the beach for the majority of the night.

Koh Phi Phi

We woke up today and booked our boat trip to Koh Phi Phi. It was about a 2 hour boat ride and we sat outside on the side of the boat the whole trip. When we arrived we found a place to stay which is an adorable private bungalow right on the beach, very close to all the bars and restaurants.

We walked around to explore the area, got dinner, I got fried noodles with beef in a soy sauce. We then got ready for the night, watched the sunset and bar hopped to the many bars and clubs on the beach.