Bangkok

From the tropical paradise of railey beach to the steamy hectic craziness of kao san road in bangkok...
before i even think about writing about bangkok, i need to write more about the beach. my previous post wasn't great describing where i was... and i was pretty sick -- feeling much better thank youvery mcuh! after teh previous post, i had to go back to the room and rest a bit longer and after about an hour, i wa ready to walk the 7 minutes to the most incredibly beautiful beach in the world - phrangnag cave, cave of the sssea goddess, beach -- to get there, you walk along a pathway, on the left -giant, prehistoric, knarled, cave ridden rock - on the right, a fence seperationg the super fancy resort from the rest of us - along this fence, the mondkeys would show up daily in the afternoon to do thier monkey show -- beg for food, dance, jump, scratch, steal food - really all quite cute -
then the beach -- at high tide, the water laps up againsdt one corner of the cave and you can swim into the cave - really awe inspiring to lay on your bakc in the water and just look at this fantastically large rock jutting out of the water - with dripping dragon head cravasts hanging over you... the rest of the beach 0 white sand, cryatal clear blue water - topl;ess european women, lots of blonde sunburned kids, thais selling pineapples, corn on the cob, sarongs, shorts.... (and then here come the monkeys to steal some corn -- oooohhh cute - get the camera!).
at low tide, you can climb into the cave and explore - probablly better to do this with shoes - unlike me in my bare feet.

the third day - i wwas well enough for a day long speed boat trip around the phi phi islands -- also incredible -- well, times up for now - will write more about the snorkeling trip and then bangkok - while snorkeling i saw a clown fish -- looked just like nemo! and that day's injury was a pretty bad scrape on the top of my foot along some coral... as for today... no injury yet.... but there is a large roach hovering about on the ground.....