krabi, on our way out of town...

all our bags are packed, we´re ready to go... good thing we have a super pappa to carry them all!
we spent our last night in krabi before heading north to bangkok. daum and rat joined us for another delicious dinner. we are going to really miss them, but we wish them both the best of luck with their dive shop.
the next day we had some hours to play before we took the night bus...

zoe, chill-laxin while waiting for the bus.
good bye krabi, hello bangkok, if we survive the night bus with two kids!

the last days of ao nang, for now anyway...

our time in ao nang has come to a close. but there a few last memories we would like to share. for instance, round the corner from where we stayed, there were bushes with purple flowers. everyday zoe did her best to be the first to spot them. and i do not know how many walks we had to take around the block to check them out.we got in a little beach time with farmor farfar as well, but not as much as we would have liked due to the girls being sick.
we spend some time with daum and rat, though they have such long work hours at the dive school.
we hopped on the mopeds one day and went exploring. aside from a batik demonstration, we checked out the spicy garden. a large beautiful garden full of all kinds of plants, dragonflies, and butterflies.

there was lots of vegetation to check out, smell, feel, enjoy.
after spicy garden there was a new beach to explore... with cool drinks...


for anita and lars last night we went to kruathara, one of favorite seafood restaurants with daum and rat. thomas, daum, and zoe checked out the offerings for the night, and picked out some yummy eats.

thanks for a great visit farmor and farfar. glad you had a safe flight home.

catching up with old friends

today we took the boat over to tonsai to see daum. but the boat only went to railay, so we had to bit of jungle trekking to get to daum's beach. zoe was great about hanging onto pappa when he needed his hands to climb. these beaches are a mecca for rock climbers, so zoe thought she would try a bit of climbing with pappa's help. and then it was just the short walk over the sandy beach to daum, our dear friend, and his diveschool. very impressive, he has come a long way since we worked with him. he is a divemaster, owns his own shop, and is getting married to the lovely laht in the very near future. we are so proud of him and so very happy for him. we are going to try and go back and see him towards the end of the trip.