Living it Up in Southern Thailand…Photos and Videos

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01. A sunset in Kao Lak (taken by Carrie) 02. Balls of meat cook on a grill for sale in Patong, Phuket, Thailand 03. A street vendor carries her wares in baskets in Patong, Phuket, Thailand 04. Seems like common logic, but I guess some of the monks at the monestary we found this sign in need some reminding 05. A temple in Krabi 05a. The inside of a temple being painted in Krabi 06. Carrie and I look out to the Similan Islands 07. The first whale shark we have ever seen in nearly 50 dives...this thing was easily 15-20 feet long (taken by some German guy on our boat) 08. A manta ray we saw scuba diving off of Koh Bon. We spent three dives just looking for and watching these massive and amazing animals (taken by some German guy on our boat) 09. Moray Eel (taken by some German guy on our boat) 10. Similan Island 8. 10a. Before every dive, the staff of our scuba live aboard would draw detailed topigraphical maps of the area we would be diving in 11. Similan Island 9 12. Carrie and other guests on the scuba diving live aboard jump off the top of the boat 13. The dining hall of our scuba live aboard boat 14. The lay out and relax area of the boat was never this empty 15. Trying to keep the tarp that covered the dining and briefing area from flying away during the storm on day 2 of our scuba live aboard trip to the Similan Islands, Thailand 16. Lion Fish (taken by some German guy on our boat) 17. Rock Fish (taken by some German guy on our boat) 18. Schools of fish (taken by some German guy on our boat) 19. Our cabin aboard the MV Amarpon, our scuba diving liveaboard ship 20. The belly of a Manta Ray. These things were massive, amazing and just as curious about us as we were about them. (taken by some German guy on our boat) 21. Mmmm...meat on a stick! 22. A bucket of squids for sale at the Gypsy Village in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand 23. The bowl of noodle soup stall that we ate at every night in Kao Lak 24. Bowl of meat soup in Ko Lok that I got every night there for 30 bhat ($0.88) 25. Classic name of a bar in Krabi Poor English is all over most signs we see in our travels 26. Fishing boats and cages in the Kao Lak harbor (taken by Carrie) 27. Longtail boats are the most common and cheapest way to travel through the waters of Thailand 28. Tsunami evacuation routes are all over Thailand Police Boat 813, that was thrown 2km inland by the tsunami wave in 2004 in Ko Lak 30. Stable - A Tsunami memorial in Ko Lak, Thailand_1 31. Two Thai girls enjoy sharing their noodles 32. Rigatta races in Krabi 33. Shells all over a energy drink bottle on a beach in Kao Lak (taken by Carrie) 34. Thai stamps 35. Thai trash cans outside Ko Lok 36. The docks of Kao Lak, Thailand 37. The waiting area for tourist AC busses between Krabi and other places in Thailand 2 38. A Kao Lak sunset 39. A local boat barely sits above the water 40. A crazy manequin in Krabi 41. Carrie shows off the metal poles that would become monkey bars during her volunteer experience in Kao Lak 41a. Rubber Trees in Ko Lok...the barks are torn off and the rubber collected in the bowl on the bottom left 42. Lam Pi Waterfall outside Ko Lak that we visited on our day on a motorcycle 43. Carrie has fun on the bridge across the Lam Pi Waterfall outside Ko Lak 44. Fish on a stick for sale in Patong, Phuket, Thailand 45. The limestone crags of Phang Nga Bay, Thailand 46. Carrie and I at Wat Suwannakuha, a giant cave with a reclining Buddha statue, in Phang Nga, Thailand 47. The limstone caves of Wat Suwannakuha in Phang Nga 47a. The reclining Buddha statue at Wat Suwannakuha in Phang Nga is a holy place for Buddhists 48. A local man in his fishing boat in Phang Nga Bay 49. A view of the limestone crags of Phang Nga Bay (taken by Carrie) 50. A sunset over the waters of Phang Nga Bay, Thailand 51. Me on a tour of Phang Nga Bay 52. Phang Nga Bay Panorama 53. On James Bond Island, the filming location of The Man With the Golden Gun, in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand 54. James Bond Island, the filming location of The Man With the Golden Gun 55. The limestone crags of Phang Nga Bay, Thailand, by sunset 56. Stalegtites are everywhere in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand 57. The stilted houses of the Muslim Gypsy Village in Phang Nga Bay (taken by Carrie) 58. The Muslim Gypsy Village floats below the limestone crags of Phang Nga Bay, Thailand (taken by Carrie) 58a. On Sim's Tours to see Phang Nga Bay, Thailand, by twilight 59. The limestone crags of Phang Nga Bay, Thailand 60. A street vendor carries his wares in baskets in Patong, Phuket, Thailand 61. A fruit stand at the market in Patong, Phuket 62. A woman tends her raw meat stall in the market in Patong, Phuket, Thailand 63. With our new couchsurfing friend on Bangla Road in Patong, Phuket 64. Bangla Road, the center of nightlife in Patong, Phuket 65. The streets of Patong, Phuket 66. These are the types of local Thai eateries that we try to dine at to keep costs down 67. Crazy huge ass mall nicer than most in the USA that was always filled with tourists in Patong, Phuket 68. One of the hotels we looked at in Patong, Phuket, also rented rooms by the hour and provided a free condom to patrons. One dollar = 34 Thai bhat 69. Meat on a stick for sale in Patong, Phuket, Thailand 70. Chicken Island in Krabi Bay, Thailand (taken by Carrie) 71. About to go snorkeling off of the Krabi Islands, Thailand 72. A katermarand sailing off the Kai-Thab-Mo Islands, Thailand 73. Rai Le Beach 74. Tourists walk through the underwater sand dune at Kai-Thab-Mo Islands, Thailand 75. The phallic temple on Rai Le Beach (taken by Carrie) 76. So many tour boats at Kai-Thab-Mo Islands. This is the problem with tours offered...dozens of companies fill up boats and all go to the same place at the same time 77. Our boat enters the Hong Island Lagoon 78. Our luxary yacht for our second boat tour from Phuket 79. The basement of the Wat Mahathat where we sat meditating with 2 UK guys for 1.5 hour after the monk left us there 80. Fried grasshoppers for sale on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand 81. Me about to eat a fried grasshopper on the streets of Bangkok 82. A Kao Lak sunset

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And finally, your moment of Zen…a sunset on Kao Lak beach.

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