Monday 26 November 2012

Kayaks,snorkels and tattoos

The last few days have been relaxing, painful and lovely.
We decided to hire a kayak yesterday to paddle around the Thaiwand wall and over to prah nang beach.
The kayak was cheap to hire and in true Thai style the sign writer did not have English as a first language.



Still searching for the cloud to get my life jacket from!

It's only a short paddle but very pretty and we paddled through caves in the limestone to get there. The water was so clear you could see to the bottom and all the fish.





We paddled around enjoying the views before stopping at the beach and enjoying Thai food made by the lovely people on the visiting long tails. The green papaya salad, made fresh is to die for and a coconut shake with the blender powered by a car battery is a sight to see.



Lovely lady who made my salad gave us a couple of bananas. As we walked along the beach the local monkeys had come down to partake in raiding the rubbish bins.
One looked like it was about to launch itself at me, then another shot down a vine and came at me. It was then I realized I was walking along holding a banana!!
Now Susie has protected me from many things, she has killed spiders for me etc but I'll have to say when it comes to monkeys, she was out of there and I was on my own to fend off the cheeky things.
Sorry no photos as too busy waving my thongs and hiding my bananas.

Susie went for a snorkel around the lovely reef we had paddled over.



And this is just a nice photo of the little cove we visited.


Then we partook in a true Thai beach tradition. The foot massage.
My lady here is on the phone, talking to her cousin in Bali, his name is Katut.


She did mention my beautiful brake foot.

And finally what I know you have all been waiting for. The new tattoo. This is a traditional Thai Yant tattoo and is very spiritual, it brings good fortune,prosperity and wards off bad karma. Each line is basically a prayer of sorts. It is traditionally worn on the left shoulder but right is fine too. This one was done by Mr Tattoo in ao nang and I researched it and the studio prior to going to ensure quality and cleanliness.
Hope you like it. Don't care if you don't as I do. Now name the famous actress who also has it?



Uke complete me!

Location:Railay, Thailand

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