Railay Beach

It’s funny what we have come to view as expensive. Our room at Ya Ya Resort is600Baht per night (in BKK we paid 400, Lopburi 160, and Chiang Mai 250) and a big breakfast here, including fruit, toast, eggs, sausage (or mushroom!) coffee and fruit juice is 160THB. At the end of Railay East it’s 100THB and on Railay West its 200THB. When you consider however, that 100Baht = US$2.50, a big breakfast at double the cost is still not “expensive”. Yet, for the past 5 weeks or so we have been paying US$3-7, so we found ourselves asking eachother “Is 600 ok with you? It is a lot of money…” Unbelievable! The UK is going to kill us!!!

This is sadly last leg, but is also the exciting, and relaxing “holiday” part of our SE Asia adventure – the best way we can think of to bring this chapter to a close.

So anyway, back in the real world (What’s that again!?) we have spent the past 5 days staying at a resort on Railay Beach, a headland between Krabi and Ao Nang, where we have lazed about on the beach (where there are a number of monkeys(!) who in comparison with those at Lopburi, are very well mannered!) eating pineapples, and have been swimming and snorkelling and kayaking in the beautiful, clear, warm sea… We are so lucky!

SEE PHOTOS OF RAILAY AT http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q164/erinfearn/SE%20Asia/Railey/?start=all

Tomorrow morning we are going to get the ferry to Phi Phi Island, where we have heard really mixed reviews. Being peak season, we have booked ahead, and hopefully found the right spot – its on a (supposedly) reasonably secluded beach, and we have a beach bungalow there – also for 600Baht! YESSSS!