Ao Ton Sai

Today I fly from Hong Kong to Bangkok and then to Krabi and catch a taxi to Ao Nang.



I go through the taxi service at the airport and the cost is 600 Bhat ($20). In the cab I pull out my Lonely Planet Phrasebook and practice my Thai with the cabbie: sa-wat-dee krup (hello), kop koon krup (thank you), chai (yes), mai (no). And I even try a thai tounge twister with him: ta-hahn teu beun baak boon bai bohk deuk (don't ask me what it means). When he drops me off at the beach and leaves, first thing I discover is that he's taken me to the wrong place! This is not Ao Nang, it's Ao Nammao, 10 mins closer to the airport. I guess all my practicing indicated that I had never been to Thailand before, and that I was an easy target for scamming. Now I have to take two longtail boats instead of one and I have to hike across Railay.

Ao Nammao is where it says shell cemetary on this map

When I finnaly get to Tonsai beach I make my way over to the Andaman Nature Resort and look around for Kristina. I find her friend Jodi and we wait for her to get back from climbing. When she gets back we have a nice reunion, eat dinner together, chat and reminisce over old times