We started to have an itch to move forwards from Krabi, finally. So we jumped to a local bus and headed towards Aon Nang where we were supposed to switch to a long tail boat and head to Railay – a beach very famous of it’s rock climbing possibilities. And I must say the whole trip there WAS fun, and the scenery IS sooooo beautiful but as soon as we got to the actual beach we were in for a shock. The amount of Swedish tourists that were present was over whelming. The food was overly expensive and mostly just french fries and hamburgers to keep these people “so far away from home” feeling safe. It was my first touch to a proper tourist hell that we weren’t at all ready for. Thank god we heard about this path way around the sea, through a rocky shore where you could get to Ton Sai beach which was supposed to be more “hippie-ish”…and that was said in a despising grin on their faces. The day before I had started to have some fever and stomach ache so we just decided to head there and look for a place at least somewhat comfortable that I could rest and we could have some kind of food.

The trip to the Ton Sai beach was so fun:) And it was quite cool to see people rock climbing on some pretty advanced tracks. As soon as we got closer some familiar reggae sounds were greeting us and we immediately felt more at ease. The beach was indeed more “hippie-ish” but still quite touristy. It was just quite sad to see only farangs  and no locals at all. We didn’t have a choice tho’ because of my fever so we just located the nearest bungalows which were the cheapest (some 300 BHT), saw that it was in a pretty ok condition (mosquito net, floor was supporting our weight and there was a little outside area for a shower and a toilet) and crashed in.

After making ourselves home, I popped some more paracetamols to my system and we headed back to the beach. Basically the rest of the evening went just watching the horizon and listening to good music, while sipping beer. I got very tired very early because of the fever and stomach cramps so I headed to bed while my brother stayed up for some music and beer.

The whole night was pretty horrible for me. The fever got very high and the cramps started to be pretty bad. First time that I felt really, really, home sick. There wasn’t that much to do than to head towards the main land again first thing at the morning and look for a doctor.

All things in a nut shell: We got back to the mainland, were badly scared about all the people speaking swedish, found a doctor which was the best one ever, SO funny and SO good with his job! I got some pills and we took pretty much the first guesthouse we found and what sounded reasonable by price and took  naps. The positive things of the day were the boat trip to Ao Nang, the doctor, the huge ice cream desserts we had, amazing art shop we found, the naps and finally the plan to get the hell out of here as fast as possible. We were so depressed by the tourists that we took the first boat away from here that we found…what probably was a big mistake since we’re quite certain that it will also be a tourist hell. But hey…this all finally got me thinking all the nice little positive things I’ve learned here and what I’m gonna make sure to remember on my next travelings:

1. Take with you the damn antibiotics strip that the doctors offer you in your home land before leaving. Just in case.
You might feel against the “unnecessary” antibiotics at first, but believe me, when the shit hits the fan (literally) you would like nothing better than at least SOMETHING that might kill some of the pain that you are experiencing. And don’t in your right mind ever think that not taking paracetamol for the fever would be good for the body, since “it will boost up your natural immune system” or some other crap. You’re full of bacteria that your system is not liking at all, easing the pain as much as possible is the least you can do for yourself.

2. Take little travel speakers with you that match your mp3 player.
Don’t take me wrong, silence is good. Listening the night crickets and the ocean is good. But when you feel like shit, or shit bored there is nothing more soothing than sharing some music with you travel mates and build up some atmosphere in your guest houses room. They don’t have to be at all big or powerful, but take something at least better than the beeper that you have in your phone.

Travel Speakers

3, Be brave and head somewhere no man has headed before.
Skip the dirt. Take a risky detour. Go to the mainland for a chance and not to the beaches. Find a beautiful lake instead of an ocean. This is probably the most important lesson for me. And I’m never gonna take it for granted anymore. From this day on, I will make my best to be more brave. And I’m pretty sure that by time it will get easier. Hell, to some people it’s probably easy right away, but for me it will take some kicking my own ass, and by Allah I will kick it – hard.

So, don't follow the herd.

4. Don’t take so much shit with you.
The shit will wait for you when you get home. It’s not gonna disappear while you are away. I can’t believe home much crap people are dragging with them. I mean I have been traveling almost 1,5 months now and my little back weights around 4-5 kg. I’ve seen some little Chinese girls with backpacks the size of their selves! Hearing that J took only 4kg bag with him to India makes me so friggin’ proud of having a practical boyfriend like that! And even my brother just took the same silly school bag he’s been draggin’ with him the last 5 years. And I haven’t missed ANYTHING. Actually, to the contrary, I even have some things that I know I’m gonna skip on my next travelings. And my small bag has abled me to be more quick and agile on some situations. For example I get to and from a boat just like that, since I my bag is considered hand luggage and I don’t have to storage it to the same pile with every other bacpack. I get the best seats in a bus with the exact same reason. We were able to hike the jungle trail to Ton Sai beach with our light equipment with no trouble at all.

Yes, it's good if you have to move from a one country to another permanately, but hey two months in Thailand is not gonna cut it.

These are the five first that popped in to my head today. There’s plenty of other nice little tricks in my pockets already also. But I could’t also say that hanging out in the internet too much when you’re traveling isn’t such a good idea either. Yeah, sure do it, when you have the time and when you really feel like there’s nothing better to do. But usually, it’s just best to forget it:)

 

PS: Sorry about my shitty english again, but my patience isn’t really high with the slow internet and crappy keyboards so I just don’t care:D