Welcome back my fellow steemit adventurers! In part three our new friend Eric from California gave us a great tour of the secluded hippy town of Tonsai and we saw what it was like to live in such a place with no cell phone service or internet; just a whole lot of dope smoken' travelers and natural beauty. We saw beautiful art in the form of murals as we walked down to the exotic tropical Tonsai beach. That is where we left off; waving goodbye to Eric as he took one of the Thai Long Tail boats north to the town of Au Nang.
Now it's just us again and Eric is gone. We're trying not to get lost, but not really minding if we do. We ask a local to confirm that Railey Beach West in that direction, which is our next beach to check out besides other things. They say that it is. It's now noon and we want to get back to the pier on Railey Beach East no later than 3:30 to catch the Long Tail Boat back to Krabi Town. Once back the plan is to wash up at the hotel, then feast at the Pooh Buffet before the regular evening rains come rolling in. So let's get going!
I can only think to myself who is wealthier; the "poor" Thai family living here, waking up to this view every morning, or the office worker living on the 5th floor apartment in any given city around the world? Travel makes you question so many things in life, tears down belief systems, and humbles you in more ways than thought possible.
We take a moment to glance out into the ocean. Our mind's at ease we deeply breath in the fresh sea air. Feeling a sense of appreciation to be alive and in such a beautiful place, we look in the direction we are heading, then keep moving.
Half way down Tonsai Beach is this rock face jutting out into the water. Looks like I should have had my shoes off this entire walk down here. There's only one thing to do.
The water was just over knee high. I wasn't at risk of getting my bag or camera wet. We look down the beach and then to our left. People are enjoying the nice shade the limestone cliff is providing. What a spectacular beach is all I can think to myself. Now what is that just ahead?
Now this is a place to try rock climbing for my first time. Wow! Oddly enough I'm not much for taking unnecessary risk. One may think with my lifestyle I'm always taking risks. But that is not the case as all. The fact that I walk most places instead of do a daily commute in a motor vehicle which lowers my risk of death my car accident by 99%. Walking, often miles a day is a great form of exercise as well. Combined with my travel experience, I feel much safer than living a normal life back in the states where the homicide, accidental death, and poor health statistics are much higher. Go figure!.....oops didn't mean to talk so much, lol. Let's get going!
We take one last look back at Tonsai beach and continue on, back into the jungle!
More rock climbers. Hmmmm, maybe we need to try this!
We continue up hill and can't help but notice a break in the tree cover. Wow, what a view!
Look closely on the branch just above the power lines. Those are a couple of monkeys just monkeying around. I just love nature! Don't you?
This is some steep rocky terrain. Are we lost?.......Let's keep going.
Down hill is good, this is probably the right way. The trail did split off a while back, but I got a good feeling this time.
Look! That must be it!
And we pop out of the jungle right onto Riley Beach West! Phew! Not lost yet! It's only 1:00 and we still have plenty of time to get lost! I'm sure it will happen soon. Thanks for coming along! -Dan "World Travel Pro!"
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