From Brig

Hello from Krabi town!
We have been moving quite slowly the past few days from a mix of Haad Rin beach party antics and tummy bugs. Since I last wrote, we spent another night in Chiang Mai and explored some of the temples there. Because we went late in the evening we had the temples to ourselves for a truly peaceful experience. We also caught some sort of news cast being filmed outside of one of them. In the background there were a number of monks sitting up on a ledge surrounded by candles. Sarah and I surely made it onto the shot as we walked out of the temple and accidentally into plain view of the camera.
Next, we were off to Koh Phangan to experience the a whole new world of partying. Haad Rin beach is home to the Full For the next couple days we lay low, taking full advantage of the free movies playing at the bungalows as we nursed our poor tummies back to health. The fact that our room only had a fan made it unbearable to be in the room during the day. We will never take air conditioning for granted again! My mother would be proud to know I managed to get the mosquitoes net up using an old nail in the wall and the curtains. Though my makeshift sewing ventures have been unsuccessful thus far, the net actually stayed up.
Yesterday we took a boat and bus to Krabi town. Actually, make that two buses, a boat, and two shared taxis. We are learning quickly that transportation here is rarely what you are told it will be. For example, on this journey our bus stopped, we were told to get into shared taxis, taken to a restaurant, and then put on another bus. The number of times we have looked at each other and the people around to see if anyone knows where we are actually being taken is growing quickly.
It was a rainy day here so unfortunately we weren’t able to make it to the beach today. Sarah and I did however get another oil massage. While mine was relaxing, Sarah’s involved intense stretching. I would look over to a small Thai woman sitting on her, bending her leg back. We also explored the night market, deciding to be adventurous and try out new foods that we had no idea what they really were. There was only one item we had to throw out of this street food because we didn’t like it. We’ve also found the best grilled cheese we’ve ever had at a restaurant here–the ultimate comfort food in my books. Many of the restaurants here have lengthy menus, with American food, Italian food, and then a full Thai section. I find it overwhelming to choose between the noodles, curries, fried rice and soups, and wide selection of coffee and fruit shakes because I want to eat it all! The same goes for shopping…my Thai pant collection is growing quickly.
We’re heading to Ko Phi Phi to tomorrow for more beach time and hopefully snorkeling. I haven’t taken many pictures with my camera since we’ve been in the islands but I’ve included some iPhone ones.
Sending much love!
Brig xo