mickan in world

Forlat, sorry, pardonnez-moi.. for I have sinned and I have not written anything for quite some time. I do confess the fault is not mine, but I do blame the lack of well funktioning computers in Thailand. I do hope you will forgive me!

To get to the point. I love this country! Having seen a little bit of it now. Well I guess I left you in Krabi, and I will take up the story there.

We went kayaking. If anyone reading this ever goes to Krabi I will say to thee: Go kayaking! Jossan and I instantly fell hard for our charming guide  Mr. Eck and he showed us, and our small group of enthusiastic tourists, the best time and some very interesting Thai flora and fauna. Our first stop was on a little isolate sanbank which was as overcrowded as Bangkok with various different kinds of crabs and starfish. We played with them for some time. Jossan actually (accidentally?) torturing a small crab into loosing it's claw.. an event which inevitably lead to major teasing from myself, Mr Eck and everyone else in our very sympathetic group.
We went a few steps up the food chain and the next adventure was meeting some very "wild" makaks (monkeys), feeding them sappalot (pineapple) and sweet talking them like kittens. Very exiting, although Jossan managed to  scare most of them away from our kayak (I guess her crab-torturing reputation had spread).
Next we saw mangrowe forrests galore and also the "Thai Grand Canyon", as Mr Eck expressed it, which left us amazed by it's majestic savoy (beauty).

Later that day we left for Koh Phi Phi Don, the larger of the two Phi Phi Island.
Verdict for Phi Phi Don:
- Beautiful
- Eventfull
- Totally overcrowded with tourists, espessially Swedish ones

But we had a great time! On the boat from Krabi to Phi Phi we met some very sympathetic Argentinians and Canadians and after chatting them up for the entire boatride we though we might aswell stick together. Good for us since it's pretty tricky getting accomodation on Phi Phi this time of year, and our new friends had all been there before and knew their way around. We took a longtail boat from the major port to Long Beach, a les crowded part of the island. And much more beautiful! Arriving there it turned out the lack of accomodation was rather vast but we got lucky and got the last two rooms. We crammed in twice as many people than they were ment for. Which was very budget minded I guess, for we only payed 100 bath (2euro, 20kr) for the night and Phi Phi is ranked one of the most expensive places in Thailand. But the rooms were really dodgy, and those who now me knows I'm not that picky. We decided to leave our stuff there and stay out as long as we could. Good plan. Phi Phi has some really nice party, I tell you! Bengan och Bea.. om ni har tid sa ak hit! Jag vet att ni skulle alska det.
Otherwise we spent our time on Phi Phi Don sunbathing, swimming, meeting new people and partying. So I guess we did the common thing. Enough is enough though and Jossan and I had enough after two days.

Yesterday we left for Bangkok and this is where you find us. After a 14 hour busride (thank you Conor for the travelling pillow!!!) we arrived here at 6 o'clock this morning.

Now we are off exploring.. hopefully we'll make it to the Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha today. We are also trying to get tickets for Thai boxing tonight.

Thanks for the comments by the way.. they are very much appriciated! Keep it up!
Hall nu ut i stormen Per darhemma! Alskar er!
Until next time; keep it cool...