Ideally wherever it was had to be warm, adventurous, and a major differentiation in culture. I felt like eating weird food, getting a tan, seeing how differently people live outside our bubble at home and do some cool shit.
$1000 flight into Bangkok. Can't be that, other than the Thai Government declaring a state of emergency the day before my flight, do to ongoing civil unrest with an election coming up.
After spending a couple weeks in
northern Thailand in 2011 and talking to backpackers while in Costa Rica early last year, I knew there was more to Southeast Asia I must see. Having 5 weeks to spare, there will still be so much of this part of the world left unseen, which is still saddening.
Thought it would be best to get out of the bitching cold back home for a bit more spoiled back packing for a couple days in Southern Thailand, with some white sand and turquoise water.
Nearly 40 hours of flights, connections, taxis and tuk-tusks later...
Krabi- Less touristy (I hoped) and with nearby access to some of the best rock climbing in the world. Night markets and good food at night, island hoping and rock climbing by day.
I've found this part of Thailand to be slightly more expensive, but still; 400 Baht ($12) to get picked up at the hostel, driven to Ao Nang, and taking a boat around to four different islands, lunch included, for an entire day. Also, snorkelling, topless Europeans and caves, how cool?
A couple days of travel and it's not hard to get into the swing of it
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